You want to have /proc in that exclude along with /tmp.
Jude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> I have a script that tars a all the sub directories of a directory into
> individual tar files for each subdirectory. I have an exclude file that
> is set to skip some of the folders I don't want tarred. This works but
> it creates the empty tar files. Is this normal?
Yes. It is, in fact, exactl
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Kraus wrote:
> I removed /backup/ from all of them.
>
> Advserver
> Logs
> Ect.
>
> And like before it stills excludes them by not tarring there contents
> but it does create the 10k empty tar file.
Sorry, I got completely sidetracked with the idea of excludes not workin
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Kraus wrote:
> Also I just noticed I get an error about removing leading / from member
> names.
>
> Here is my archive.exclude
> /backup/advserver
> /backup/logs
> /backup/lost+found
> /backup/scripts
> /backup/tar.archive
>
Try putting
backup/advserver
backup/logs
ba
, 2002 10:26 AM
To: 'Mike Dresser'
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Tar Exclude
Here is the script
--
exceptions=/backup/scripts/archive.exclude
dt=`date +%A`
cd /backup
for filestotar in `ls --almost-all --directo
day, November 13, 2002 10:22 AM
To: Paul Kraus
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tar Exclude
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Kraus wrote:
> When running tar with the exclude set tar creates a 10k empty tar
> file.
>
> I have a script that tars a all the sub directories of a directory
&g
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Kraus wrote:
> When running tar with the exclude set tar creates a 10k empty tar file.
>
> I have a script that tars a all the sub directories of a directory into
> individual tar files for each subdirectory. I have an exclude file that
> is set to skip some of the folder
