Re: [tlug] Tar excluding some folders

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Susumu" == Susumu ISHIZUKA <sufiyanjp@example.com> writes:

    Susumu> It must be in relative path in the archive.

This isn't quite true; it should be relative to whatever tar considers
the current directory.  That's usually `pwd`, but can be changed with
the -C flag.  This detail is not relevant to Chuck's case, since he's
put the tarball in the current directory and doesn't use -C.  But I
often use tarballs in some other location (.. or /tmp, etc), and
occasionally have found it useful to use the -C flag to fool tar into
rearranging the hierarchical relationship of subtrees.


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