tar question...

[Matthew Emmerton]

> Hi list, the question is: can I tar a hole directory without include the
> tree ??? I mean when I tar all files in a /dir1/dir2/dir3 path, the tar
file
> includes me the path too and I want to tar only the filenames in dir3: I'm
> using the syntax tar -czf /path/to/store/myfile.tgz
> /the/path/where/are/the/files, any clue ???? Thanksssss...

cd /the/path/where/are/the/files
tar -czf /path/to/store/myfile.tgz .

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Matt Emmerton