tar gzip on folder giving error - creating folder full path not folder only

English Programming/Scripting
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This website mentions using the -p command, but this creates security issues.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/bin-tar-removing-leading-`-'-from-member-names-269508/

This creates tar file will a full path of folders, including the username. I want only the folder to click on when opening the tar file. Need help.

‘TestFolder’ is copied into the user folder.

User_Folder='/home/username'
tar -zcvf "${User_Folder}/TestFile.tar.gz" "${User_Folder}/TestFolder'
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Hi
Use the -C option;


tar -zcvf /home/username/TestFile.tar.gz -C /home/username/TestFolder .
./
./stderrdae.txt
./stderrgpudetect.txt
./stdoutdae.txt
./stdoutgpudetect.txt

 tar -tf TestFile.tar.gz
./
./stderrdae.txt
./stderrgpudetect.txt
./stdoutdae.txt
./stdoutgpudetect.txt
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tar -zcvf "${User_Folder}VirusFound.tar.gz" -C "${User_Folder}VirusFound"

Compress folder → VirusFound.tar.gz /home/username
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

This is the code being used. Isolating by removing the var names helped. The basic line:

tar -zcvf "/home/username/VirusFound.tar.gz" -C "/home/username/VirusFound"

This didn’t work, but I think I understand why.

printf "Compress folder --> VirusFound.tar.gz
"
tar -zcvf "${User_Folder}VirusFound.tar.gz" -C "${User_Folder}" VirusFound

This code works. That completes another handy function for scanvirus.

Thanks malcolmlewis. :slight_smile:

Will this tar file with ms windows?

4

Hi
It should do… else switch to zip…

5

Thanks, unless other information is found. I’ll just use tar with gzip.

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