tar exclude directories

kais1 · 10-13-2009, 08:31 AM

Dear all,

Am using the below command to exclude a directory from tar, but still I notice that the excluded directory is getting archived.

[code]
tar -cvf TABS_6.11.2.2_3-11-2008_prod_oct13.tar /ccbs/appl/orasoa/1013/j2ee/OC4J_CRM/applications/rmsp/TABS_6.11.2.2_3-11-2008 --exclude "/ccbs/appl/orasoa/1013/j2ee/OC4J_CRM/applications/rmsp/TABS_6.11.2.2_3-11-2008/crm/pdf"
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Any idea ?

Kai

bathory · 10-13-2009, 09:01 AM

Hi,

I'm always using the -X option and a file containing the directories I want to exclude

Code:

tar cjvfX backup.tar.bz2 exclude-files.txt /home/username

Regards