[TriLUG] retrieving a tar from tape

[Scott Chilcote]

Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
>>This is why the directory where you create the archive from is very
> 
> important - it will be extracted to the same path. 
> This is true for all but the initial "/" if you use an absolute path -
> it is removed (i.e. 
> made relative) by default
> 
> Aha... did not understand that... so it's going to extract to the
> original location, not the "current" location? OK.

By default, the archive will extract below the directory where you untar 
it using the relative path that was stored on the tape.

For example, if you tarred /usr, then untarred in /tmp, you'd wind up 
with all of the directories that occur below /usr in /tmp.

You can override this using "-P" when you create the archive.

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Scott C.