Re: [tlug] Solaris tar: how to pre-pend a parent directory?

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Jean,


On 23/02/11 17:17, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> I'd like to create a tar file in such a way that when untarred the
> contents are all in a parent directory. This can be done at the
> extraction step but I'm wondering if there is a way to do it at the
> tar file creation step?
>
> Current state:
> $ ls
> a b
> $ tar -cf  tarball.tar a b {insert UNIX magic here}
> $ tar -xf tarball.tar
> $ ls
> a b parent
> $ ls parent
> a b


How about if you tar from one directory above?  Would that work?


> I couldn't find any tar options under SunOS to prepend parent
> directory and I've also tried a few things with symbolic links but tar
> just copied the links and not the files they point to.


Under Debian Linux (sorry, I don't have a SunOS system to 
access), the -h or --dereference option will copy the files 
instead of the links.  Perhaps your tar version will have 
something similar?

And no, I also have not heard of an option to prepend a 
directory...

Ray