tar file with directory and single files

[juliorollan]

Hello. I'm stuck with the following issue. I made a backup script for Wordpress, which includes the installation directory and the database. They are stored in different paths.
At some point of the script, I create a tarball file including the directory and the sql flle with the command:

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tar -cf /path/to/archive.tar -C /path/to/wordpress/dir . /path/to/file.sql

The thing is that the Wordpress directory is archived under ./ in the tarball but the SQL file keeps its full path. I've been reading the tar manual, searched on the internet and tried several alternatives, but none seem to work.

I would like to concatenate, or append, the SQL file in the root of the tarball without the SQL's file full path.

Thanks in advance for your time.

[bw123]

I don't use tar much, kind of fun I guess, you want to do like this?

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$ ls path*
path1:
foo1.txt

path2:
foo2.txt

$ tar -cf archive.tar -C path1 . -C ../path2 foo2.txt

$ tar -tf archive.tar
./
./foo1.txt
foo2.txt

[juliorollan]

Closely, but path1 is a complete directory.
I use absolute paths because I don't know where the user is running the script in.