Hi smahesh,

I think the following, found in the FAQ section of the Archive::Tar documentation, is relevant here: 
 I'm using WinZip, or some other non-POSIX client, and files are not
 being extracted properly!
     By default, "Archive::Tar" is in a completely POSIX-compatible mo
+de,
     which uses the POSIX-specification of "tar" to store files. For
     paths greather than 100 characters, this is done using the "POSIX
     header prefix". Non-POSIX-compatible clients may not support this
     part of the specification, and may only support the "GNU Extended
     Header" functionality. To facilitate those clients, you can set t
+he
     $Archive::Tar::DO_NOT_USE_PREFIX variable to "true". See the "GLO
+BAL
     VARIABLES" section for details on this variable.

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Did you try setting the $Archive::Tar::DO_NOT_USE_PREFIX variable to "true" ? Admittedly the FAQ seems to be describing a slightly different issue, but (IIRC) setting  $Archive::Tar::DO_NOT_USE_PREFIX variable to "true" does fix that "flattening" issue you describe.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Problem with Archive::Tar created archives and Winzip by syphilis
in thread Problem with Archive::Tar created archives and Winzip by smahesh

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