how to rename files you put into a tar archive using linux 'tar'

Question

I\'m trying to create a tar archive with a couple files, but rename those files in the archive. Right now I have something like this:

tar -czvf file1 /some/p         


        

Answer 1

We can refer to the man tar, the -O option is the best choice since files can be written to standard out.

-O      (x, t modes only) In extract (-x) mode, files will be written to
         standard out rather than being extracted to disk.  In list (-t)
         mode, the file listing will be written to stderr rather than the
         usual stdout.

here are the examples:

# 1. without -O
tar xzf 20170511162930.db.tar.gz
# result: 20170511162930.db

# 2. with -O
tar xzf 20170511162930.db.tar.gz -O > latest.db
# result: latest.db