Dedeco Balaco <dedeco.bal...@yahoo.com> ha escrit:

> the tar option '--strip-components=NUMBER' does not work as expected.

Actually, it does.  Absolute file name checking[1] occurs before file
name transformation[2].  I that's not needed, use the -P option, e.g.:

  -P --strip-components=3

Regards,
Sergey

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/absolute.html
[2] https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/transform.html

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