tar archiving with base name only [slightly OT]

[Database Administrator]

Hi,

Going through the lengthy list of tar options, I cannot find one that
allows the creation of an archive using only the base name of files.
Say we're creating an archive like:

tar -cvvzf tararch.tgz file1 subdir/file2 ~/file3

The archive will have the same directory structure. Any advice on
creating an archive containing only base names of the files? Thanks.


Cheers,

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Seb

[Database Administrator]

Seb writes:

> Hi,
>
> Going through the lengthy list of tar options, I cannot find one that
> allows the creation of an archive using only the base name of files.
> Say we're creating an archive like:
>
> tar -cvvzf tararch.tgz file1 subdir/file2 ~/file3
>
> The archive will have the same directory structure. Any advice on
> creating an archive containing only base names of the files? Thanks.

Just the obvious.

1. Copy the diretory
2. remove the extensions
3. make an archive

Or
1. Restore the directory
2. remove the extensions