Re: SOLVED (partly) Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

On Tue, 26 May 1998, Rick Macdonald wrote: > This fails: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar * > > But this works: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar ./ > > Go figure. Have you compared absolute and relative path names? The shell expands * to a full path name. Also, listing the file in t

SOLVED (partly) Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > |> tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt > > Seems to be broken here too. > > > > Ditto here. Note to previous thread respondant. The *order* of > arguments > makes *no* difference. This still fails: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar Thi