Re: tar & exclude options
On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 11:40:52AM -0400, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
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> As I read the man page and info page,
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> tar -zcv -f hawktar980603 . -X News -X www -X Office40
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> should tar the local directory to the new file hawktar980603 save for the
> directories News, www, and Office40
according tot he man page -X is the same as --exclude-from so this should
not work
> however, it cheerfully includes all of these. I get the same results with an
> --exclude-from exfiles, where exfiles lists these? am I missing somethign?
I dunno...I never really go tit to work right
I think you want tar --exclude file --exclude file2 czv ./ (or some variation
on that)
as I said I never got it to work but..I thought it had something to do with a
/ and the .. ... it may have been ./* or something
-STeve
> rick
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