Hi,
You will need tar -X.
You can also try something like this:
find /home -type d ! -name shao -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | xargs tar cvf
home.tar
which will tar all the dirs in /home except the dir /home/shao.
Hope this helps.
Shao.
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> what is needed in order to tell tar not to include specific
> files/directories? i am intending to copy the /home directory off of one
> server and onto another but i do not want to copy everything in /home.
>
> thanx
>
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