linux - How do I tar a directory without retaining the directory . . . tar -czf destination tar gz -C source directory $(ls source directory) This solution: Includes all files and folders in the directory Does not include any of the directory structure (or ) in the final product Does not require you to change directories However, it requires the directory to be given twice, so it may be most useful in another
Shell command to tar directory excluding certain files folders Is there a simple shell command script that supports excluding certain files folders from being archived? I have a directory that need to be archived with a sub directory that has a number of very
Tar a directory, but dont store full absolute paths in the archive There are already many questions about tar and backuping in stackoverflow and at other places on the web, but most of them ask for dropping the entire sub-directory structure (flattening), or just add or remove the initial in the names (I don't know what it changes exactly when extracting), but no more
How to tar certain file types in all subdirectories? 122 I want to tar and all php and html files in a directory and its subdirectories If I use tar -cf my_archive * it tars all the files, which I don't want If I use tar -cf my_archive * php * html it ignores subdirectories How can I make it tar recursively but include only two types of files?