Re: gtar

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:08:07PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> and I want to append a file e.txt in directory b (but on the filesystem,
> my file e.txt is not in b.
> 
> Is there a flag I can used to do that .
> 
> gtar -avf /
> {flag + where I want it in the tar directory structure }a.tar e.txt

I don't see any need for such a flag.  I would simply create the path,
eg. by ``mkdir -p a/b'' and put the file there.
Then I'd add the file to the tar and remove the temporary path.

HTH,
        Stepan Kasal