Re: --exclude behavior in tar seems to have changed

[Jim Breton <jamesb-debian@alongtheway.com>]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 07:25:40AM +0000, Jim Breton wrote:
> I can't say whether anything has changed at any point; but, I think you
> want to use something like the following:
> 
> cd / && tar Sczvf /syjet/debmain.tgz --exclude tmp --exclude proc 
> --exclude syjet


Whoops, I forgot the "."

cd / && tar Sczvf /syjet/debmain.tgz . --exclude tmp --exclude proc
--exclude syjet

Sorry.