Well, more tar questions.
Firstly, I notice that trying to exclude files from being included
in an archive doesn't seem to work. That is, no matter what variation
of --exclude=FILE (omitting the equal sign, putting the exclude
statement before or after the other list of files, including/omitting
the leading / in the file's pathname) I try, the files still show
up in the archive. FWIW, the list of files is generated by `find.'
In reading the info docs included with SuSE 5.3, the author talks
a lot in first person, but never seems to mention just who he/she is.
Nor do I see any reference to a tar mailing list, or other support
group. So, I'm asking here, wondering if someone knows where the
general state of tar is discussed (it's probably not on this SuSE
list, but what the hell, it's a starting point).
At this point, it seems that the tar on SuSE 5.3 is seriously broken,
unless there is some secret incantation not mentioned in the docs;
it'd be nice to hear some authoritative word on its state. Would
I be better off digging out the old tar from my ancient Slackware
CDs? That's a depressing thought...
Thanks again in advance for any info,
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