What I attempted and what I got were too different things. Now I am in need of advice on how to recover from my own stupidity. Below is the tar command I ran and the first output line. tar -cvf /usr/bin/kstars /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kstars /usr/share/apps/kstars tar: Removing leading `/' from member names thanks david -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list