Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!
Admaster Communications wrote:
> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of
>
> tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt
>
> The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded!! What is the correct
> syntax???
Try:
tar --exclude=leave_me_out.txt -zcvf test.tar *
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Adam Nelson
>
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