Re: [Bug-tar] Changing file name when adding in to an archive.

[Tim Kientzle]

Nikolay Shaplov wrote:
> I've met a lack of functionality in tar, I really need. In short I need
> a possibility to add file file1 to a tar archive, but using name file2.
> I did not find a way to do it without renaming file on real fs... or at
> least it was not mention in the manuals I've read.

GNU tar's --xform option looks like it would do what you want:

$ find dir1
dir1
dir1/a
$ gtar-1.22 cf - --xform='s|dir1/a|foozle/q|' dir1 | tar tvf -
drwxr-xr-x  0 tim    tim         0 Aug  4 21:36 dir1/
-rw-r--r--  0 tim    tim         0 Aug  4 21:35 foozle/q


Cheers,

Tim