Linux – How do i remove the path names from the files i have archived.. UBUNTU

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I've been tasked to archive certain files into a new directory at /home/archive/.

I used this command:

mkdir /home/archive
cd /home/archive
tar -cvf log.tar \
    /var/log/auth.log /var/log/alternatives/log \
    /var/log/bootstrap.log /var/log/cron.log    \
    /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/kern.log /var/log/mail.log

Sorry for the long command line but I only need those files from the entire /var/log directory.

The issue I have is that when I execute the long command as stated above, it works but it shows the entire file path when I do less log.tar (to view contents without extracting just yet).

I want it to display this:

alternatives.log 
auth.log 
bootstrap.log 
cron.log 
dpkg.log 
kern.log 
mail.log

Instead, it has the /var/log path before the file name. Sorry if it's confusing to read all this but I would greatly appreciate the help!

Best Answer

The quick solution would be to run running your command differently. Run it from within /var/log.

cd /var/log
tar -cvf /home/archive.log.tar \
    auth.log  alternatives/log bootstrap.log cron.log    \
    dpkg.log  kern.log         mail.log
cd /home/archive
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