Excluding executables in a sub-directory from tar backups
 

Just trying to set up a new backup using tar, but there are a few things I dont want to include. Using --exclude I can exclude sub-directories, but how do I exclude specific files in a subdirectory that are (for instance) executables or have a specific extension?

Hi,

Answered a similar question here at LQ a while back. Have a look here tar excluding some files

Hope this helps.

Hi druuna - thats great, but only solves part of problem - any idea how I exclude files with executable permission in the sub-directory?

Hi,

You can create a file with executables like this: find /path/to/dir -type f -perm -u=x > exclude.list

Use this exclude list to feed tar.

Hope this helps.

Thanks druuna

You're welcome :)