Question

I use a tar command like this:

tar -cf backupdb/db/2012/11/database.2012-11-25.tar.gz backupdb/db/2012/11/25/*.sql

But when I open the tar file I see a directory backupdb/db/2012/11/25 :/
How to modify the command to compress files backupdb/db/2012/11/25/*.sql but without parent directories.

I know the -C switcher in tar command, but I don’t know how to use it to compress files with specify exptension.

Answer 1

You are looking for the -C flag:

tar -C backupdb/db/2012/11/25/ -cf backupdb/db/2012/11/database.2012-11-25.tar.gz *.sql