Re: [newbie] A question about tar

[flupke]

of course, there is!
If you want to create an archive (named /archive.tar) that contains your /home
directory without including /home/foo, you type : 
cd /home
tar cf /archiv.tar . --exclude foo

 Michelle Schneider wrote :
> Is there a way to get tar to skip a whole directory?  I can't get it to work.  
> 
> Michelle
>  --
> "Just because kittens are born in the hearth oven, that doesn't make them
> muffins."  Kahlan Amnell in _Temple of the Winds_ by Terry Goodkind.