Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:45:08 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <dpk@nwserv.com> To: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: excluding a file/dir from a tar file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008010942210.77341-100000@web2.sea.nwserv.com> In-Reply-To: <3986BD05.3D19504D@wmptl.com>
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Nathan Vidican wrote: > I know the flag is --exclude, but where exactly do I put the flag in? > Could someone post an example of a working version of this: > > tar cvzf --exclude /server --exclude /mail /server/master.tgz / The GNU-style (--[foo]) flags will not work if you do not include a - before the single-char flags. Also, as someone else mentioned, the output file should be immediately after the '-f'. So for the above to work you'd need: tar -cvzf /server/master.tgz --exclude /server --exclude /mail / IMO, the tar page should be updated to reflect this (I don't know how to do that, myself) -- David Kirchner, dpk@nwserv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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