gtar -g option, incremental backups

[thllgo]

Hello and Help,

I am trying to create incremental backup files with gtar and the -g option.
The backup appears to be working but the restore is doing some rather strange things.

I create the tar with the command

gtar -cf test.tar -g test.snap .

I have tried to restore with the command

gtar -xvf test.tar
or
gtar -xvf test.tar -g test.snap

What I get is numbered directories with the files in them. I do not get the original directory structure.

Please help. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you,
Thomas L. Gossard
thllgo

[Stormblazer]

I think you need to specify an option to get the directories archived, but I'm not sure which command. I'll check when I get home, school has no linux systems.

[thllgo]

I appreciate your help. I figured there was an option I couldn't yet find that would need to be applied to the restore end of things.