Shell Programming and Scripting

I am facing a new problem when creating a tar file.

Initially the files are available in the directory /home/krishna/test/dataout
a1.txt.gz
b1.txt.gz
c1.txt.gz

using the command tar -cvf abc.tar *.gz && rm -f *.gz, the 3 files are bundled and

removed from the directory /home/krishna/test/dataout

Now the tar file abc.tar will be moved to a different directory

/home/krishna/FileTransfer

When I untar it, i am expecting the files *.gz files to present in the directory /home/krishna/FileTransfer and not in /home/krishna/test/dataout

I realized that during creating a tar file, the folder/directory structure will be copied.

Can any one help me out to untar file in the folder where the tar file resides. (/home/krishna/FileTransfer)

Thanks
Krishnakanth

What do you get from this command to list the contents of the tar file:

Code:

tar -tvf abc.tar

This will tell you whether you have absolute paths in the archive or not. None of the code you post would produce absolute paths in the archive.

Do you have the pax command ? It can read tar archives containing absolute paths and output to a different directory.

It worked... if i didnot mention any directory/paths...

Thank you all.

Krishnakanth