On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
> Short exmp
>
> make directory backup
>
> under it put a file exclude.txt which will include all the directory to
> exclude
> (example next line)
>
> dev
> mnt
> backup
> proc
>
> and then use the -X to use the exclude.txt file
>
> tar cvz -X /backup/exclude.txt -f /backup/xxx.tar.gz" /
Or use the -l option of tar to tell it to stay in one filesystem and
not jump into mount points, which may be easier if that's what you
want.
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