extracting tar-archive to directories

Wed Jul 19 10:08:38 AEST 1989

In article <499 at aftp.UUCP> arnesen at aftp.UUCP (Geir Arnesen) writes:
>Does anyone now if it is possible to extract tar files from tape - to
>another directory/file than it was archived as?

My version of pdtar has a -Pnn option that permits removing the first
nn parts of path names.

Earl H. Kinmonth
History Department
University of California, Davis
916-752-1636 (voice, fax [2300-0800 PDT])
916-752-0776 secretary

(bitnet) ehkinmonth at ucdavis.edu
(uucp) ucbvax!ucdavis!ucdked!cck
(telnet or 916-752-7920) cc-dnet.ucdavis.edu [128.120.2.251]
	request ucdked, login as guest,
	no password