Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!zorba!dtynan From: hansell@cis.ohio-state.edu (Timothy Hansell) Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: Reading Tar files Keywords: tar, unix utitlies Message-ID: <3569@zorba.Tynan.COM> Date: 12 Apr 90 18:28:45 GMT Sender: dtynan@zorba.Tynan.COM Reply-To: Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 17 Approved: dtynan@zorba.Tynan.COM Does anyone out there know of a utility or a method that allows tarred files to be restored to other than the file name they were created with. The problem I have is this. I have a tar tape that was created with ABSOLUTE PATHNAMES. When I go to untar it it wants to put the files EXACTLY WHERE THEY CAME FROM ( instead of relative to my current working directory ). I know I could just untar them where they want to go and them copy them to where I want them, but that is complicated. They want to go in /usr, and I do not have super-user privs, so I must co-ordinate with the system manager on this one. I know that it would be possible to write a program to read the tar file and allow the user to put the files anywhere he wants, and I cannot believe that no-one has solve this before. Please enlighten me ! -tim