[kwlug-disc] tar question regarding leading "/"

[Ronald Barnes]

Chris Frey wrote on 2023-10-03 12:33:

> So the question is *when* the wildcard is expended. In both examples, 
> tar only changes the current working directory once it runs. Bash is 
> still running in the directory you are in. So the first example tries to 
> find systemd files relative to bash. The second example does an absolute 
> search.

Thanks yet again Chris, that's the answer!


rb


It seems to me I've encountered this very issue at some point in the 
distant past, but didn't learn from it.