Why is the option "Extract with full path" disabled when using the -e switch with tar archives?
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## Why is the option "Extract with full path" disabled when using the -e switch with tar archives?

Because GNU tar does not provide a full way to extract files without the directories in which they are contained as the other archivers do. Extraction without path when using the GUI is perfomed with a trick which is not available when using the -e switch from the command line.

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