[SOLVED] tar problems

ctkroeker · 11-23-2006, 12:15 PM

I'm trying to tar my remote home directory from my server, but it always results in a 10kb file, whereas I have several GB in the directory.
Here is the command I'm using:

Quote:

ssh kroekerhome@192.168.0.120 tar -cvf /tmp/backup.tar /home/kroekerhome/ --exclude= "/home/kroekerhome/.Trash" --exclude= "/home/kroekerhome/.wine" --exclude= "/home/kroekerhome/Desktop/Presentations"

ygloo · 11-23-2006, 12:25 PM

try with this:
/home/kroekerhome
instead of
/home/kroekerhome/

ctkroeker · 11-23-2006, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ygloo

try with this:
/home/kroekerhome
instead of
/home/kroekerhome/

No diff. I'm thinking it might have to do something with the "" or the --exclude maybe?

Micro420 · 11-23-2006, 12:43 PM

The way you copied and pasted it shows that it has white space. Maybe that is one reason??? I don't think tar concatenates.

ygloo · 11-23-2006, 12:51 PM

try it without ",
when i use --exclude option i put it before source directory...
tar -cvpf file.tar --exclude=/dir/dir /dir

what tar prints out after executing??

ctkroeker · 11-23-2006, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ygloo

try it without ",
when i use --exclude option i put it before source directory...
tar -cvpf file.tar --exclude=/dir/dir /dir

what tar prints out after executing??

Try that and after that it just goes back to the command line. It doesn't print anything after changing it, as it didn't before. Makes no diff if I put the --exclude before or after the source.
BTW, when I remove the --exclude and add "" around the command (not the address, just what comes after), it works. So I think I need ""... but I don't know how to use them cause the --exclude addresses are already using them...