Jim Osborn wrote:
>
> 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.'
>
Well, for some curious reason, I find only the german man page of tar.
Thereafter, tar -X (exclude) expects a *file* that contains the names fo
the "unwanted" files. (never tested this myself...)
Juergen
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