On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:16 PM, ML <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote: > > HI All, > > I have a directory tree that when the user un-gzips/untars it does > into /opt by default. > > The directory tree is like: > > ugui > | > |-- <misc files> > |-- source > |-----framework > |------ <misc files> > > so when unzipped I want to end it with /opt/ugui and all the stuff > below it. > > How do I do this? Can I also issue one command that will unzip and > untar the archive at the same time? (I know I can, I just cant get it > right) > > Thanks! > -ML > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Do you mean to say that the filenames within the tar archive(s) are hard-coded all the way from "/" down? Boris.