RE: UNIX OT: exclude files in tar

You can use the -L option and have a file listing everything you want

ie, ls > file
edit file and remove the dir you don't want

tar files with the -L option and the file you created above.

never done this myself

-----Original Message-----
Stephen.Lee_at_DTAG.Com
Sent: 25 November 2003 16:44
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Maybe can use -prune option of find to send file list to tar:

cd /home
find ./user01 -name mark03 -prune -o -print

> -----Original Message-----
> >
> > I can't seem to get the tar command right. I wanted to tar
> a directory but
> > EXCLUDE one of the subdirectory in it.
> > Example:
> > /home/user01
> > /home/user01/mark01
> > /home/user01/mark01/ask.txt
> > /home/user01/mark01/ghost.txt
> > /home/user01/mark02
> > /home/user01/mark02/ask.txt
> > /home/user01/mark02/ghost.txt
> > /home/user01/mark03
> > /home/user01/mark03/ask.txt
> > /home/user01/mark03/ghost.txt
> >
> > I wanted to tar everything except /home/user01/mark03/*
> > man pages on tar says there is an option to exclude files
> but I just can't
> > get it to work for me.
> >
> > Can someone show me how to do this right?
> >

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