Thanks to all who replied so quickly!!!
I guess then I have my answer, it is the -P or -s
(will double check the man pages)
The wording of it confused me a little bit,
thats why I seeked a second opinion.
ORIGINAL POST:
Under SCO 5 Unix, I was able to use argument "A" to
suppress absolute path name. What is its equivalency
in DU?
eg.
If i had /etc directory tar'ed,compressed (etc.tar.Z),
to extract it to its normal location is simply
zcat etc.tar.Z | tar xvf - No matter what dir I am in
but, if I only wanted to look at it, restoring it
somewhere else, I could do
zcat etc.tar.Z | tar xvAf -
This would suppress the absolute path name, and so
would expand it under the directory I am sitting.
Checking manpages for tar in DU, I did not see this
option.
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Richard F. Mollel
Systems Administrator
SAIC
Greenbelt, MD
Experience is what allows you to recognize
a mistake the second time you make it.
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Received on Fri Dec 15 2000 - 15:19:43 NZDT