How to force tar to be quiet?

[Matthew Seaman]

Коньков Евгений wrote:
> Здравствуйте, Freebsd-questions.
> 
> when
> tar -cf file.tar /home/*
> It always says:
> tar: Removing leading '/' from member names
> 
> man tar
> -P Preserve pathnames...
> But I do not need to preserve. I want to tar without that warning.
> 
> How to force tar to be quiet?
> 

Don't give the leading '/' in path names.  Like so:

   tar -cf file.tar -C / home

	Cheers,

	Matthew  

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