Re: [Bug-tar] feature request - add option to cut directory path on extract

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hello,

Bdale Garbee <address@hidden> wrote:

>   patch(1) solves that problem by offering an option taking the number
>   of path elements to cut away before using the path name. With an
>   option like that, the above problem could be solved with
> 
>   tar --extract --cut-path-elements 1 --directory fom

Nice idea. Thank you.

Regards,
Sergey