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Does the first method need a dot (.) on the end? I tried it without and got: tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive. When I have the dot, it annoyingly makes the root contain a directory named .. So, close but not perfect.

JW01
– JW01

2015-12-21 12:58:48 +00:00
Commented Dec 21, 2015 at 12:58
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Further to my previous comment. I solved my issue. $ cd /home/username/dir1/dir2/ && tar -cvf temp.tar selecteddir * worked for me. Using asterisk instead of a dot .. Update: Woops - Although I lost the hidden files.

JW01
– JW01

2015-12-21 13:10:33 +00:00
Commented Dec 21, 2015 at 13:10
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I know it's an old post but just in case: using a different delimiter may be easier than escaping, e.g. --transform='s:/home/username/dir1/dir2/::g'

David Z
– David Z

2020-07-27 06:14:01 +00:00
Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 6:14

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