topic Re: gnu tar exclude option in Operating System - HP-UX

gnu tar exclude option

Steve_3 — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:11:26 GMT

I want to exclude a directory from a tar. I can't get it work work.

example...exclude dir c

/a
/a/b
/a/c
/a/d

gtar -cvp --exclude=/a/c -f file.tar *

Re: gnu tar exclude option

Robert-Jan Goossens — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:46:19 GMT

Hi Steve,

I'm not shure I understand your problem.

# cd /a
# tar -cvf tarball.tar --exclude=c .

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: gnu tar exclude option

Steve_3 — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:51:11 GMT

i figured it out.

Re: gnu tar exclude option

Michael D'Aulerio — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:19:03 GMT

Steve,

Could you please share your solution.
Thanks,
Mike