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mahmoodn 07-06-2011 01:44 PM
--exclude doesn't work with tar command
 
I don't know why --exclude doesn't work when I use tar command. Please see this code
Code:
mahmood@pc:~$ l a/
1.txt  2.txt  3.txt  b/
mahmood@pc:~$ tar cvjf compressed.tar.bz2 --exclude=/home/mahmood/a/b/ a/
a/
a/2.txt
a/1.txt
a/3.txt
a/b/
mahmood@pc:~$
As you can see although I excluded b/ but tar command ignored that. any idea about that?

colucix 07-06-2011 02:07 PM
In your command the pattern /home/mahmood/a/b/ is not matched by a/b, unless you give the full path to the directory you want to archive:
Code:
tar cvjf compressed.tar.bz2 --exclude=/home/mahmood/a/b /home/mahmood/a
or using the relative path:
Code:
tar cvjf compressed.tar.bz2 --exclude=a/b a
Also notes that the trailing slash at the end of the exclude pattern does not work. I cannot explain exactly this behavior, anyway.

mahmoodn 07-07-2011 01:23 AM
Yes thanks a lot. it works


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