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Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!



On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 08:20:43AM +0000, Bart Maerten wrote:
> In article <[🔎] 3.0.1.32.19980522124419.0085fd30@pop.mindspring.com>, admaster@mindspring.com (Admaster Communications) writes:
> |> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of
> |> 
> |> 
> |> tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt
> 
> Change the 'c' with a 'x'.  'c' is to create a tar file.  'x' to extract. 
> 
> Look at  "man tar". 

He is trying to create a tar file not extract as far as I can tell.. :)

> |> The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded!!  What is the correct
> |> syntax???

Seems to be broken here too.

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