Is it possible to set an arbitrary path within a tar archive to place files which may not exist on your original filesystem? This differs from the -C switch in that I may want to take a back up of /etc/, but place it in the archive as /configurations/etc/.
Linux – How to you designate an arbitrary leading path when adding files to a tar
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Best Answer
In GNU tar,
--transform(--xform) is the option to make file name transformations. Documentation and examples can be found here