Re: Tar: something like patch's -p

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Hans-Bernhard" == Hans-Bernhard Broeker <address@hidden> writes:

>> To me it's the same as cp + rm: you still have a lot of FS
>> movement, while I'd like things to be put at the right place from
>> the start.

Hans-Bernhard> I don't see any movement in that sequence. The "mv" is
Hans-Bernhard> really only a renaming, in this case: it renames the
Hans-Bernhard> toplevel of the freshly unpacked tree from
Hans-Bernhard> "autoconf-2.52e" to "ace".

Agreed, my words are too strong.  But in anyway, I was looking for a
means to do what I wanted directly from tar.  I agree I can script,
and mv etc., I was checking that I did not miss some information in
the doc.  Apparently I didn't.

Thanks!