gnu tar exclude option

[Steve_3]

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 *

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi Steve,

I'm not shure I understand your problem.

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

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Steve_3]

i figured it out.

[Michael D'Aulerio]

Steve,

Could you please share your solution.
Thanks,
Mike