Re: excluding files w/ tar

[Robert Vangel <vangelr@rfgt.net>]

Winston Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:08:15AM -0400, Winston Smith wrote:
>
> > would be, for example, "./tmp/", not  "/tmp/".
> >
> > Try putting ./tmp/* instead of /tmp/* and so on in /tmp/excludes, or, if you
>
>
> My suggestion above  assumes you use
> tar cv -X /tmp/excludes -p --atime-preserve ./* -- | ...
>                                             ^^^
> instead of 
> tar cv -X /tmp/excludes -p --atime-preserve * -- | ...
>                                             ^
>
> ./* -> .  would work too.

`./*' wouldnt include (or exclude) `./.*' files where `.' would.

> Winston

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