[Wolves] Tar without directory structure

[James Turner]

On Friday 04 Mar 2005 01:05, Wayne Morris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using tar in a cron job to archive security cam pics
> but when I use tar -cf /home/test/campics/images.tar
> /home/test/campics/*.jpeg
> I get images correctly tarred, but nested inside folders corresponding
> to the path.
> How do i get just the images directly inside images.tar without the
> directory structure?

Use command line option "-C <directory>" (or "--directory <directory>") to 
change to the /home/test/campics directory.

See "man tar" for further information :) :)

Regards,

James