How to tar an archive with a given folder structure?

Question

linux

I have a number of folders:
/var/ftp/pub/bkp1
/home/user/bkp2
/home/user/bkp3 I
archive them like this:
tar -cvf bkp_re2.3.tar /var/ftp/pub/bkp1 /home/user/bkp2 /home/user/bkp3
and the folder structure is preserved in the archive the same as it was before archiving.
And I need the following structure in the archive:
/bkp1
/bkp2
/bkp3
How can I do this?

Answer 1

We create an archive from the first directory group, and then add another directory group to the existing tar archive:

tar cvfC  /path/to/backup/bkp_re2.3.tar /var/ftp/pub/ .
tar vfCr  /path/to/backup/bkp_re2.3.tar /home/user .

Answer 2

The -C option can change the current directory during archiving:
tar -cf bkp_re2.3.tar -C /var/ftp/pub/ bkp1 -C /home/user/ bkp2 bkp3

Answer 3

I'm not sure if it will work, but you can try this:

tar -cvf bkp_re2.3.tar -C `pwd` /var/ftp/pub/bkp1 /home/user/bkp2 /home/user/bkp3

Answer 4

read about the -C key