On 09/06 09:56, Rob Landley wrote: > I applied this locally, but what's a test case? > > $ mkdir -p boing/subb/ping > $ tar cvf boing.tar boing --exclude sub > boing/ > boing/subb/ > boing/subb/ping/ > $ tar tvf boing.tar > drwxr-xr-x landley/landley 0 2020-06-09 09:50 boing/ > drwxr-xr-x landley/landley 0 2020-06-09 09:50 boing/subb/ > drwxr-xr-x landley/landley 0 2020-06-09 09:50 boing/subb/ping/ > $ tar cvf boing.tar boing --exclude subb > boing/ > boing/subb/ > boing/subb/ping/
--exclude takes in a file containing exclusions $ mkdir -p skip/dir $ chmod 000 skip/dir $ ./toybox tar --exclude <(echo skip) -cf test.tar skip tar: skip/dir: Permission denied $ echo $? 1 > > That's the host tar? Exact match on the name of the subdir... > > (I really don't use --exclude much. I vaguely recall working out what it meant > when I implemented it, but I appear to be misremembering. I just confirmed > file > vs dir doesn't make a difference here...) > > Rob > //William _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list Toybox@lists.landley.net http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
