Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > find . -path 'pattern' -prune -o -print
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Even if you understand it, -path appears to be rooted and hard to use...
> For instance, to avoid backing up application cache directories, you
> need to use
>
> -path '*/[Cc]ache/*'
>
> to get what you want. Something more intuitive would be useful to mere
> mortals, thus my original suggestion.
>
> The current implementation is an example of "if it was hard to write it
> should be hard to use."
No, it is easy to use if you did understand the way it works.
and BTW: mkisofs -find is not different to use than mkisofs -exclude-path
Jörg
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