Joachim Wolf <wolf@dmc-group.de> writes: > On Saturday 28 October 2000 18:55, Pierre GAILLY wrote: > > > > What is the syntax of the exclude option with tar > > "tar czvf /folder/file.tar / --exclude=/proc:/share" this expression > > doesn't exclude /proc from the source. > > check out the '--exclude-from= <FILE>'-option > The syntax is hairy but it works. Make sure you have the latest info file and read it very carefully. -chris