[Bug-tar] GNU TAR "JUNK" Directory Question

[Wagner, Eric]

Is there a way, when extracting, that dumps all the files to a single directory.

When we extract, we always end up with a whole path extracted.
We would rather just extract to a particular directory:

ex.

        /usr/local/bin/tar -czvf /nfs/oracle_area51/eew/arch/eric_test.`date 
"+%m%d%Y"` /nfs/oracle_area51/eew/eew*.*

I go to /nfs/oracle_area51/eew/arch and run:

        /usr/local/bin/tar -ztvf eric_test.09292005 

I end up with /nfs/oracle_area51/eew/arch/nfs/oracle_area51/eew/arch

We would like to just be able to extract the files - without directories - in 
the arch directory.
Like using zip -j for a "junk" directory.

I've tried checking the HELP but nothing I have tried seems to work.

EEW


Eric Wagner
Senior Oracle DBA
CompuCredit Corporation
245 Perimeter Center Parkway,Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30346
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