Does tar have folder depth control on extract?

[thedaver]

I having a brain fart over using 'tar' and keep thinking like 'patch'.

Doesn't tar have a parameter that says to NOT restore all levels of the folder hierarchy stored in the archive?

For instance,
IF archive has file "/usr/local/test/data.txt"

And chdir to "/usr/local/"

Can't I tell 'tar' to extract "test/data.txt"

I'd swear that's possible, but brain farts being what they are......

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[motoslide]

You can use the -A option to suppress the leading "/" (if present) which would allow you to restore to an alternate location, but I'm not aware of a way to suppress a given number of leading characters or sub-directory levels.

 

[KenCunningham]

pax might be useful here?

 

[thedaver]

Wow I need to get out more. Didn't know about pax. Will look into it more. Thanks!

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