Re: [tlug] Tar excluding some folders

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

chuck>      tar cvzfP -X chuck-exclude /mnt/win_d/chuck.tar.gz  /home/chuck
shawn> 
shawn>     tar cvzfP /mnt/win_d/chuck.tar.gz -X chuck-exclude  /home/chuck
shawn> worked for me

OK, it did for me too on the second try. For some reason the process stops
for a while in the middle, and I had assumed that it was hung and
aborted (it stops for a while on 

home/chuck #> -X

)

but when I just left it, it started again and ran through to the end.

Chuck

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