Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:02:01 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar question... Message-ID: <3FF32B39.2070906@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200312311329.49998.racerx@makeworld.com> References: <000f01c3cfd3$5aa7a090$0901a8c0@bloodlust> <200312311329.49998.racerx@makeworld.com>
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Chris wrote: >On Wednesday 31 December 2003 1:21 pm, Xpression wrote: > > >>Hi list, I've googled to search an aswer but no one match >>mine. I want to tar all files on a directory without include >>any other directory, I've tried with --exclude but no hope, >>any suggestion ??? Thanks... >> >> >> > >I dom something similar to what you ask. What I do is tar a directory and all >it's contense EXCEPT one diectory. It goes something like this: > >tar -zcf name.tgz --exclude MP3 dirname/ > >Explanation: > >I'm tarring a dir. and excluding the dir MP3 and it's files. >I'm sure you will be able to expand on this. > >Use man tar to see all the switches. > > Sounds find, but wouldn't $tar /home/foo/* get this job done without including subdirs, since there's no -R involved? I read the OP's question as "I want to tar all the files in a directory without including any other directories..." which would mean "any (sub)directories within the directory would not be placed in the tarball", right? Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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