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.