Depending how the tar was created, member (file path) may start with './'
e.g
tar -tzf ./uac-2e44ea6da71d-linux-20250717143112.tar.gz
<trunc>
./[root]/etc/kernel/postinst.d/
./[root]/etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal
./[root]/etc/bash.bashrc
./[root]/etc/rpc
./[root]/etc/passwd
./[root]/etc/passwd-
./[root]/etc/logcheck/
./[root]/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/
./[root]/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/gpg-agent
./[root]/etc/e2scrub.conf
./[root]/etc/gai.conf
./hash_executables/
./hash_executables/hash_executables.sha1
./hash_executables/hash_executables.md5
./bodyfile/
./bodyfile/bodyfile.txt