Mohankumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Experts,
>  
> I've an issue with the GNU tar 1.13.25 (windows).
>  
> I've a tar archive with lot of backup files. Every file has its own absolute 
> path (ie., C:\Progra~1\Backup\config.txt).
>  
> When I try to extract this tar its get copied to the same location 
> (C:\Progra~1\Backup\config.txt).
>  
> But, I need to extract the files in temporary directory in different drive 
> (say D:\temp).
>  
> Is there an option in the GNU tar version which i'm using.
>  
> or Is there any way to achieve this?

Try star -x -s^C:/^^ ....

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/

Jörg

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