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Question Compressing folders without structure

  • 17-01-2011 12:54PM
    #1
    supermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭


    When I compress a folder using tar -cvzf I get the whole folder structure. Is there anyway to avoid this happening.

    so compressing the folder /home/supermonkey/Desktop/supermonkeystuff/
    gets a home folder and a supermonkey folder whereas I just want from supermonkeystuff down.

    Many thanks


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  • #2
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭Saganist


    supermonkey wrote: »
    When I compress a folder using tar -cvzf I get the whole folder structure. Is there anyway to avoid this happening.

    so compressing the folder /home/supermonkey/Desktop/supermonkeystuff/
    gets a home folder and a supermonkey folder whereas I just want from supermonkeystuff down.

    Many thanks

    cd /home/supermonkey/Desktop/supermonkeystuff first, then do your tar !


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