Tar: How to recover files stored using absolute path names.

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From: Jonathan Harris
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 02:28

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I have some files that I foolishly stored using abosolute pathnames.
i.e /u/harris/junk. How can I restore such files to new pathnames:
i.e. /u4/harris/tmp/junk?
Thanks.
---Jonathan
ps. Please respond by email if possible.

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From: harris@go-han.uchicago.edu (Jonathan Harris)
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Subject: Tar: How to recover files stored using absolute path names.
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