On 2005-07-07 20:20, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to copy an entire file system while using an exclude file
to avoid copying things such as /dev, /proc, etc. I've read the man
page and found the -X or --exclude-from tar option. I've create a
file called /exclude.list.
On 7/7/05, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to copy an entire file system while using an exclude file to
avoid copying things such as /dev, /proc, etc. I've read the man page
and found the -X or --exclude-from tar option. I've create a file
called /exclude.list. It
I'm trying to copy an entire file system while using an exclude file to
avoid copying things such as /dev, /proc, etc. I've read the man page
and found the -X or --exclude-from tar option. I've create a file
called /exclude.list. It contains lines such as:
/exclude.list
/dev
/proc
But I
I'm trying to copy an entire file system while using an exclude file to
avoid copying things such as /dev, /proc, etc. I've read the man page
and found the -X or --exclude-from tar option. I've create a file
called /exclude.list. It contains lines such as:
/exclude.list
/dev
/proc
On 7/7/2005 8:38 PM Matt Emmerton wrote:
I'm trying to copy an entire file system while using an exclude file to
avoid copying things such as /dev, /proc, etc. I've read the man page
and found the -X or --exclude-from tar option. I've create a file
called /exclude.list. It contains lines
On 7/7/2005 8:38 PM Matt Emmerton wrote:
I'm trying to copy an entire file system while using an exclude file to
avoid copying things such as /dev, /proc, etc. I've read the man page
and found the -X or --exclude-from tar option. I've create a file
called /exclude.list. It contains lines
Try leaving off the leading / from each line in your exclude list. I
think what is happening is that, by default, tar drops the leading / from
each file it tars up so that when you untar, it extracts all files
relative to the current directory. I think because of this, when you
specify absolute
