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Excluding directories with find

I am trying to exclude 2 directories with find and pass it into cpio. I have tried

Code:

find . -depth -path '.evolution' -prune -o -path '.gconf' -prune -o -print|cpio -aov  > /media/caca/full$date

./.gconf/apps/evolution/memos/%gconf.xml

./.gconf/apps/evolution/memos

./.gconf/apps/evolution/tasks/%gconf.xml

./.gconf/apps/evolution/tasks

./.gconf/apps/evolution/shell/view_defaults/folder_bar/%gconf.xml

./.gconf/apps/evolution/shell/view_defaults/folder_bar

./.gconf/apps/evolution/shell/view_defaults/%gconf.xml

./.gconf/apps/evolution/shell/view_defaults/10.7.X_network

./.gconf/apps/evolution/shell/view_defaults/bash_history

as you can see it didnt exclude .gconf and

Code:

find . -depth \( -path ./evolution -prune -o -path ./gconf -prune \)  -print|cpio -aov  > /media/caca/full$date

1 block

Code:

find . \( -wholename ./evolution -o -wholename ./gconf \) -prune -o -type f -print0 | cpio -aov /media/caca/backup$date

cpio: Too many arguments

Code:

find . -type d \( -name ".evolution" -o -name ".gconf" \) -prune -o -print0 | cpio -aov /media/caca/backup$date

cpio: Too many arguments

what am I doing wrong?

I don't think you need the '-depth' flag :)

Code:

find . -path './FOO' -prune -o -path './BAR' -prune -o print

works for me, and if I add '-depth' between the '.' and '-path', it doesn't.

Hope this helps,

Code:

find . \( -wholename ./.evolution -o -wholename ./.gconf \) -prune -o -print

Don't use the -depth option with -prune: it could change the result since the directory content is processed before the directory itself is excluded from the -prune option.

this worked

Code:

find . \( -wholename ./.evolution -o -wholename ./.gconf \) -prune -o -print

this didnt

Code:

find . -path './FOO' -prune -o -path './BAR' -prune -o print

thanks to all :cool:

Hehe, sorry, look like I left the hyphen out before 'print'. If your problem is solved, could you mark the thread '[SOLVED]' too? Thanks :)