# Distributions - strip top level directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/distributions-strip-top-level-directory/14873>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Created:** [March 2, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/distributions-strip-top-level-directory/14873 "2016-03-02T14:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![cleankod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/cleankod/32/4212_2.png) [@cleankod](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/cleankod)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/distributions-strip-top-level-directory/14873/3 "2016-03-02T15:43:38Z")

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Naah. I found a better solution:

```
distributions {
    main {
        baseName = 'my_app'
        contents {
            from {
                "$buildDir/distribution-files/application"
            }
            into '/'
        }
    }
}

```

The following attribute is the key here:

```
into '/'

```

But thanks anyway.

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