[olug] Unix Tip: EXTRACT RELATIVE FROM ABSOLUTE

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EXTRACT RELATIVE FROM ABSOLUTE

Ever had a tar archive which 
was tarred up with an absolute
path, but you need to untar 
it to a relative location?

There is an easy way to do 
this using the "pax" command.
Note: Not available on all 
flavors.

Firstly, copy the archive to 
the relative location in
which you wish to untar it.

Then, execute the following 
command:

pax -r -s ',^/,,' -f file.tar

The contents of file.tar will now 
be in the $CWD.



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