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Specify root dir inside tarball

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Mar 15, 20265274 views
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Problem

Is there a way to execute Such that when the tarball is extracted, it doesn't extract to project-root, but instead extracts to something else? i.e. I'm aware of -C, but I want it such that something-else doesn't exist yet.

Error Output

tar cjvf foo.tar.bz2 project-root

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Fix for: Specify root dir inside tarball

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Make a symlink first, and have tar follow it. The is necessary to follow the link and select all the contents rather than just tarring the symlink itself. You could alternatively use the option on GNU tar (but this will also follow links inside, whi…

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