Re: Gnu Tar: Extracting files into a single directory

Sven Mascheck wrote:
> Dubious wrote:
> 
>> tar.gz archive. I want to extract them all into a single directory,
>> regardless of their path in the archive.
> 
> $ zcat archive.tar.gz | pax                 
> ./
> ./dir/
> ./dir/subdir/
> ./dir/subdir/b
> ./dir/subdir/a
> ./dir/a
> 
> $ zcat archive.tar.gz | pax -r  -s ',.*/,,p'
> ./ >> 
> ./dir/ >> 
> ./dir/subdir/ >> 
> ./dir/subdir/b >> b
> ./dir/subdir/a >> a
> ./dir/a >> a
> 
> $ ls
> a       b

Thank you, Sven.  I'll keep that in mind for when
pax is available.  I know from the cygwin mailing
list that this is possible, even through it doesn't
come with cygwin itself.