[SLUG] Gnu Tar --files-from=file name option

["Dennis M. Gray" <dmgray@nospam.fareast.com.au>]

I have been trying to use a list of files with the --files-from= option of Gnu tar. In particular, I want to be able to change directories before it processes the files in the list. For example, I want to extract file1 into directory /u01/a and file2 into directory /u01/b. I set up the file list file like this:

 

 

-C /u01/a

file1

-C /u01/b

file2

 

The file is named extract.cntl

 

From /u01, I use the following syntax to start the extract:

 

tar xvf /dev/nrmt0h -T extract.cntl

 

The result is that both file1 and file2 are extracted to /u01 and not to the correct sub-directories.

 

The GNU tar: an archiver tool documentation describes the operation but does not give any clear examples. Can anyone help.

 

Thanks,

 

Dennis