how to tar a directory without parent directory

Question

I want to compress the contents of:

/ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/

So, all the files and folders inside "bbb" I want to be compressed to a file named "xxx.tar.gz" I am using:

tar -zcvf "xxx.tar.gz" "/ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/"

It's ok. But when I open the file "xxx.tar.gz" the tree directories start at

/ebs1 -> /xxx -> /aaa -> /bbb ->

and after this I can see the content.

Is it possible to tell tar not to include the parent directories in the compressed files, so when I extract it I dont need to open all directories to get to my content?

Why don't you `cd /ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/` and tar the current directory? — Rahil Wazir, Apr 23 '14 at 19:27
possible duplicate of [tar: add all files and directories in current directory INCLUDING .svn and so on](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3651791/tar-add-all-files-and-directories-in-current-directory-including-svn-and-so-on) — Rahil Wazir, Apr 23 '14 at 19:27
huuum! Great idea. So I use cd and then I must use tar -zcvf "xxx.tar.gz" ? — amandanovaes, Apr 23 '14 at 19:28
I tried -->> tar -zcvf "/ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/backup.tar.gz" -C "/ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/" <<-- but did not work! Why? — amandanovaes, Apr 23 '14 at 19:32
Try => `tar -zcvf backup.tar.gz -C /ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/` OR this => `cd /ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb/` then `tar -zcvf backup.tar.gz .` — Rahil Wazir, Apr 23 '14 at 19:34

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '14 at 19:35

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Try this:

tar -czvf xxx.tar.gz -C /ebs1/xxx/aaa/bbb .

answered Apr 23 '14 at 19:35

Matt K

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