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I have a directory setup like the following:
folder_x
file.y
file.z
I would like to create a tar file so that when it's extracted the structure will look something like this:
dir_q/folder_x
dir_q/file.y
dir_q/file.z
How could I get this to work by using tar? For reference, the current command that I'm using is:
tar -czf archive.tar.gz file.y file.z folder_x
I've never used the --transform option, but I gather it would do what you need:
tar -czf archive.tar.gz --transform 's,^,dir_q/,' file.y file.z folder_x
Realize the use of , instead of / as separator, so we can add a trailing slash.
file.z -> dirfile.z and dirfolder_x. I'll play around with the regex too see if I can get it the way I want it.
– user49841
Jan 25 '11 at 19:40
If you don't mind creating the new directory...
mkdir dir_q;tar -C $_ -xzvf archive.tar.gz
alternatively, make a new directory, untar the file to that directory, then re-tar it from the parent directory to include it's name in the extracted version. That way you do not have to remember some super long invocation.
