I found that if I didn't use the full path, the exclude work. tar cvzfp backup.tgz -T /tmp/filelist -X /tmp/xclude where /tmp/exclude has just the line: linux-sxs
I will borrow your experience and try again. Regular expressions... Though I writes programs (mainly dBase dialects), I still didn't know what the freak is it.. :) > >> > Is it possible to tar backup everything in /home except > >> > /home/httpd/html/linux-sxs? > >> > tar cvzfp /home/backup/linux.backup.tgz -T /tmp/filelist -X /tmp/xclude > >> > file /tmp/exclude: > >> > /home/httpd/html/linux-sxs/ > ----exclude.tar > /home/ajlewis2/staroffice/* > tar cvf /home/tempbu/ajlewis2.tar -T /home/ajlewis2/include.tar -X > /home/ajlewis2/exclude.tar -- May the Force and Farce be with Linux and you. Join the friendly chit-chat in http://www.linux-sxs.org & news://news.hkpcug.org _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
