Backup the entire content without directory

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Backup the entire content without directory

Closed this issue 3 months ago · 4 comments

What are you trying to do?
Currently, I have 2 folders and several files inside the /backup directory. How can I archive them, so that we don't have /backup directory inside the archive, but only it's content?

Answer 1 · 2024-03-15T11:03:16.000Z

That's currently not supported (not sure if a "rootless" tar archive is even expected), but you can definitely strip the /backup directory at untar time by using --strip-components: https://superuser.com/a/899688

Answer 2 · 2024-03-15T11:12:10.000Z

Yeah, I know about --strip-components, just don't wanna keep the root folder in the backups. tar supports having multiple directories in root, you may specify them when you do create archive: tar -zcvf a.tgz a b c

Answer 3 · 2024-03-15T12:09:32.000Z

Is there anything you cannot do because of the root folder? Or is this merely an "aesthetic" preference?

Answer 4 · 2024-03-15T12:21:27.000Z

Well, it just adds extra work for backup users, who want to unpack. It means they will be required to update their scripts since previously we did not have an extra root folder in backups.