Re: [tlug] Tar excluding some folders

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

I spoke too soon.

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
 
chuck> OK, it did for me too on the second try.

I "runs" for me, too, but it doesn't exclude the files listed the
exclusions file. I have succeeded with this the other way around--i.e.,
running off an "inclusions" file instead, so this is no emergency, but
if anyone can spot my error, it would be nice to learn from this.

Chuck

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