Re: [tlug] Tar excluding some folders

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

Shawn wrote:


>I put the achive name before the exclude file option
> 
>      tar cvzfP /mnt/win_d/chuck.tar.gz -X chuck-exclude  /home/chuck
> 
> no hanging at all

Hmm. It makes the tarball, but doesn't do the exclusions. I wonder if
this format in the exclusion file is correct?

/home/chuck/Desktop
/home/chuck/.kde
/home/chuck/evolution
/home/chuck/Documents
/home/chuck/.dfmdesk
/home/chuck/.dfminfo


Chuck

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