[kwlug-disc] tar --directory help please

[Ronald Barnes]

Anton Avramov wrote on 2025-06-04 11:14:

> So one solution to your problem would be:
> find /etc/systemd/system -name 'mailman*' -exec realpath --relative-to
> / '{}' \; | tar -czvf ffs.tar --directory=/ --files-from -

The `find` and `tar` isn't a bad idea.


Normally I'd use a subshell and `cd`:

( cd / ; tar ... etc/systemd/system/mailman* )


Thanks again