Jim Stapleton wrote: > 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.
If you're going for really wacky patterns, and don't mind wrestling with find(1), you could always pipe the output of find into tar: find Pictures -type f -name '*.jpg' -print0 | tar cvTf - jpegs.tar --null -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"