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Asked: May 21, 20262026-05-21T09:45:00+00:00 2026-05-21T09:45:00+00:00

I’m working on a backup script and want to tar up a file directory:

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I’m working on a backup script and want to tar up a file directory:

tar czf ~/backup.tgz /home/username/drupal/sites/default/files

This tars it up, but when I untar the resulting file, it includes the full file structure: the files are in home/username/drupal/sites/default/files.

Is there a way to exclude the parent directories, so that the resulting tar just knows about the last directory (files)?

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    2026-05-21T09:45:00+00:00Added an answer on May 21, 2026 at 9:45 am
    cd /home/username/drupal/sites/default/files
    tar czf ~/backup.tgz *
    
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