Jim Osborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you are using find to get the files, why not just stick a grep -v
or two in the pipeline:
find -type f |grep -v File|grep -v another|xargs tar cf - >tarfile.tar
Or whatever. (If you want to slog it out with tar alone, I think you
will find that it is looking for the exact filename -- find will give
you a ./ at the beginning and tar is probably stripping it off either
before or after checking the --exclude list (just a hunch based on its
strange behaviour when extracting single files.))
Hope this helps.
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