$ tar -tvf pax.tar
drwxrwxr-x 252 1        0 Aug 11 14:12:55 2010 /home/kev/pax/
-rw-rw-r-- 252 1        0 Aug 11 14:12:52 2010 /home/kev/pax/t1
-rw-rw-r-- 252 1        0 Aug 11 14:12:54 2010 /home/kev/pax/t2
-rw-rw-r-- 252 1        0 Aug 11 14:12:55 2010 /home/kev/pax/t3

$ pax -r -f pax.tar -s'/\/home\/kev\/pax\// \/data\/kev\/atlanta\/emtex\/invoices/p'
/home/kev/pax/t1 >>  /data/kev/atlanta/emtex/invoices/t1
/home/kev/pax/t2 >>  /data/kev/atlanta/emtex/invoices/t2
/home/kev/pax/t3 >>  /data/kev/atlanta/emtex/invoices/t3

##</code><code>##

my $homedir="/home/kev";
chdir $homedir;
my $cmd = "pax -r -f pax.tar -s'/\/home\/kev\/pax\// \/data\/kev\/atlanta\/emtex\/invoices\//p'";
system ( $cmd );