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Put tar'd files in a subdirectory

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Mar 15, 20264180 views
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I have a directory setup like the following: I would like to create a tar file so that when it's extracted the structure will look something like this: How could I get this to work by using ? For reference, the current command that I'm using is:

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folder_x
file.y
file.z

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Fix for: Put tar'd files in a subdirectory

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I've never used the --transform option, but I gather it would do what you need: Realize the use of instead of as separator, so we can add a trailing slash.

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