Your best bet is to generate a list and use it to build your archive - save a bit of effort and create your omit list:
# cd /site1/omit # find . > /tmp/siteXX-omit.lst Then use this list to filter out any unwanted files from /share and /append: # cd /share # find . | grep -v -f /tmp/siteXX-omit.lst | xargs tar -czpvf /site1/siteXX.tgz # cd /append # find . | grep -v -f /tmp/xiteXX-omit.lst | xargs tar -rzpvf /site1/siteXX.tgz Then, for cleanliness' sake: # rm /tmp/siteXX-omit.lst Hope this helps On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 3:44 AM, BSD <b...@cpscoatings.net> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:07:45 +1100 > Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's a bit long winded, but here's a possibility: >> >> # cd / >> # tar zcpvf siteXX.tgz /share/* /siteX/* >> <output omitted> >> # tar ztf siteXX.tgz | grep '^/share' | xargs rm -f >> >> Though I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "on a per site basis" in >> this context, can you elaborate please, especially if the above >> solution is not what you need. >> >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:20 AM, BSD <b...@cpscoatings.net> wrote: >> > Does misc@ have an alternative method for "gtar --delete"? > > Sorry for any vagueness! I don't wish to delete any files from /share, > but have a subset of /share in siteXX.tgz. Also should have mentioned > that /share, /append, and /omit cannot be in the path because > siteXX.tgz is plopped on / during an install. > > What I have so far is to first create an archive using files in /share. > > # cd /share > # tar -cpvf /site1/siteXX.tgz * > <output omitted> > > Then I append to that archive using files in /site1/append. > > # cd /site1/append/ > # tar -rpvf /site1/siteXX.tgz * > <output omitted> > > Next is where I am stuck. Removing files from the archive that are > FROM /share that are not wanted in /site1/siteXX.tgz. I planned to have > an empty file of the same name in /site1/omit for each file to delete > from the archive. > > # cd /site1/omit/ > # tar --delete /site1/siteXX.tgz * > ^^^^^^^^ > invalid flag > > Or perhaps I need to have a list of the files that gets appended and > redacted before ever creating the archive. > > Hope this picture got clearer... > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
