bsdtar '--exclude pattern' problems
Hello all, I upgraded 5.2.1 to 5.3 recently and I'm trying to run my cron scripts which use tar utility (which defaults to bsdtar(1) on 5.3) and I can't figure out how to use '--exclude pattern' with it. It seems I'm missing something obvious here or bsdtar(1) is happily ignoring --exclude option. my system: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p1 #4: Sat Nov 27 19:37:42 CET 2004 here's what I try to run: orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ --exclude root.backup/* --exclude pub/* --exclude ncvs/* I tried '-W exclude=pattern', too: orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ -W exclude=root.backup/* -W exclude=pub/* -W exclude=ncvs/* Both commands include all directories under /home. However using /usr/bin/gtar works as expected. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdtar '--exclude pattern' problems
Karol Kwiatkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I upgraded 5.2.1 to 5.3 recently and I'm trying to run my cron scripts which use tar utility (which defaults to bsdtar(1) on 5.3) and I can't figure out how to use '--exclude pattern' with it. It seems I'm missing something obvious here or bsdtar(1) is happily ignoring --exclude option. my system: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p1 #4: Sat Nov 27 19:37:42 CET 2004 here's what I try to run: orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ --exclude root.backup/* --exclude pub/* --exclude ncvs/* I tried '-W exclude=pattern', too: orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ -W exclude=root.backup/* -W exclude=pub/* -W exclude=ncvs/* Both commands include all directories under /home. However using /usr/bin/gtar works as expected. According to the tar(1) manual, the file parameters are supposed to come after all of the option parameters. So instead of orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ --exclude root.backup/* --exclude pub/* --exclude ncvs/* I think you should have orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home \ --exclude root.backup/* --exclude pub/* --exclude ncvs/* . which seems to do what you're expecting. I don't have access to a copy of the POSIX spec, but I seem to recall that it generally expects the options first. So that may be where the behaviour originates. Be well. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdtar '--exclude pattern' problems
Lowell Gilbert wrote: According to the tar(1) manual, the file parameters are supposed to come after all of the option parameters. Ah, of course! I don't know why I wrote it wrong (some months ago probably). Thank you. Be well. Cheers, Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdtar '--exclude pattern' problems
On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 08:31, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: Hello all, I upgraded 5.2.1 to 5.3 recently and I'm trying to run my cron scripts which use tar utility (which defaults to bsdtar(1) on 5.3) and I can't figure out how to use '--exclude pattern' with it. It seems I'm missing something obvious here or bsdtar(1) is happily ignoring --exclude option. my system: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p1 #4: Sat Nov 27 19:37:42 CET 2004 here's what I try to run: orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ --exclude root.backup/* --exclude pub/* --exclude ncvs/* I tried '-W exclude=pattern', too: orchid# /usr/bin/tar -czvf /home/root.backup/test.tar.gz -C /home . \ -W exclude=root.backup/* -W exclude=pub/* -W exclude=ncvs/* Both commands include all directories under /home. However using /usr/bin/gtar works as expected. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Karol Here is an example that works for me: tar -czf /usr/tmp/HOME.tar.gz \ --exclude home/mike/tmp/* \ --exclude home/mike/tmp?/* \ --exclude home/mike/moz/cache/*\ --exclude home/mike/sylmail\ --exclude home/mike/z/*\ /home/mike/* You need to leave off the leading /, as it has already been stripped from the filename before the comparison. Took me some time to work this out! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bsdtar '--exclude pattern' problems
Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: Lowell Gilbert wrote: According to the tar(1) manual, the file parameters are supposed to come after all of the option parameters. Ah, of course! I don't know why I wrote it wrong (some months ago probably). Thank you. gtar and bsdtar do parse options a little differently, so a few people may need to adjust their scripts. Rationale: gtar requires the GNU getopt library and exploits a few special features of that library. bsdtar is designed to work with several different getopt libraries, so restricts itself to somewhat more generic behavior. Tim Kientzle ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
