Comments on: Extract without First Directory http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/extract-without-first-directory/ Coder, Entrepreneur, Blogger, and Coffee Addict Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:00:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jade Robbins http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/extract-without-first-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-15959 Jade Robbins Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:15:18 +0000 http://www.marksanborn.net/?p=641#comment-15959 This is GENIUS! Seriously how do you come up with these ideas?!?!?! LOVE IT This is GENIUS! Seriously how do you come up with these ideas?!?!?! LOVE IT

]]> By: Matt http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/extract-without-first-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-15254 Matt Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:02:59 +0000 http://www.marksanborn.net/?p=641#comment-15254 Finally I've found what I was looking for! Maybe there's a way to automatically detect if there's a container folder since it seems the container folder often shares the same name as the .tar.gz file without the extension? Finally I’ve found what I was looking for!

Maybe there’s a way to automatically detect if there’s a container folder since it seems the container folder often shares the same name as the .tar.gz file without the extension?

]]> By: Mark Sanborn http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/extract-without-first-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-14766 Mark Sanborn Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:22:46 +0000 http://www.marksanborn.net/?p=641#comment-14766 It will ignore the readme, which is why you need to use, tar -tf blah.tar.gz | head It will ignore the readme, which is why you need to use, tar -tf blah.tar.gz | head

]]> By: Jade Robbins http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/extract-without-first-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-14765 Jade Robbins Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:21:01 +0000 http://www.marksanborn.net/?p=641#comment-14765 Very useful. I wonder though what it will do if, say, you have a README file in the root of the tar and THEN a head directory. Will it just merge all of them into the root? Will it just not extract the README? You should find out :D Very useful. I wonder though what it will do if, say, you have a README file in the root of the tar and THEN a head directory. Will it just merge all of them into the root? Will it just not extract the README? You should find out :D

]]> By: Srikanth http://www.marksanborn.net/linux/extract-without-first-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-14763 Srikanth Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://www.marksanborn.net/?p=641#comment-14763 Mark, thanks a lot for the tip! This always bothered me. Mark, thanks a lot for the tip! This always bothered me.

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