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From: Alex Boisvert <alex@teel.info-noire.com>
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Subject: Re: TAR EXCLUDE
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> Has anyone successfully tar'ed a directory exluding one or more
> subdirectories from being included in the tar archive?

Yes, I've succeeded ... but using absolute path names instead of relative
path names (if I remember correctly).

Here's the script I use:

tar --exclude-from exclude.files -cvzf <destination> /home/alex/*

and my "exclude.files" looks like this:

/home/alex/ardoise/*
/home/alex/ports/*
/home/alex/.netscape/*
/home/alex/tmp/*
/home/alex/download/*


Good luck,
Alex.

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