>Is it possible to direct a tar file to extract to a certain directory ?
Not if the tar file was made with a leading slash. GNUtar likes to remove the
slash to protect your butt, but other flavors of tar do not. So, if the
tar file has something like "/usr/bin" instead of "./usr/bin", then you cannot
do it. It has to be a relative tart file, not an absolute tar file.
>How can dotfiles be included in a tar ?
Dot files are automatically included in subdirectories, but if you want
the current directory, add this to the list of files to save:
.[a-zA-Z0-9]*
If you have other characters in file names after the period, then add those
inside the square brackets. But, the above should catch all of the NORMAL
file names.
>(yes, I've looked at the man page but haven't been able to figure it out)
It is a common wildcard thing that everyone learns sooner or later :-)
MB
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