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I have folder called .temp in Code: /backups/full/user/.temp I have the script which puts database backups and home directory backup(.tar.gz) in that .temp folder. Now from those two backups i ...
  1. 08-06-2009 #1
    mirror51
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    how to create tar file without folders

    I have folder called .temp in



    Code:
    /backups/full/user/.temp
    I have the script which puts database backups and home directory backup(.tar.gz) in that .temp folder.


    Now from those two backups i want to create a third full.tar file which will contain those two backups.


    The problem is if i use


    Code:
    tar -cf full.tar /backups/full/user/.temp/*
    then when i extract my archive , then i have the following directory structure

    I got all the folder above like



    Code:
    folder bakcups -->full -->user-->.temp and then the backups
    Is there any way that my tar file only contain files in .temp and not all the folders.
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  2. 08-06-2009 #2
    lomcevak
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    Try this:

    Code:
    tar -C /backups/full/user/.temp -cf full.tar .
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  3. 08-07-2009 #3
    mirror51
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    Actually i was using coomand

    su -c "tar -C /backups/full/user/.temp -cf full.tar ." - username
    the problem is su removes the first slash and wants to find relative path bit i want to use absolute path.

    Is there any solutions for this
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