I want to create a backup of some parts of my system, but not everything ex, I want to exclude /bin, and /usr/bin, but not /usr/local/bin - same for *sbin, *lib, and *libexec
however, if I used tar -jcvf test.tbz \ --exclude /bin --exclude /usr/bin \ --exclude /dev --exclude /var --exclude /tmp \ --exclude /root --exclude /proc / | \ tar -tf - | grep bin I don't get /usr/local/bin files. I coudln't find more help in tar, either through tar --help or man tar, though I know it says that it is excluding leading slashes in file names (which is probably causing this issue). What should I do, short of running tars for /, /usr/ and /usr/local, or is that the only real option? But then there is always the possiblility of missing something because its name just happens to contain bin, or more likely contains lib. Thanks, -Jim Stapleton _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"