[SOLVED] Using Tar how to Exclude list of directories.

anishkumarv · 07-26-2011, 02:13 AM

Hi all,

Using Tar i can able to exclude some of the directories

using this command

Code:

 tar -cpzvf /var/tmp/datea.tar /data  --exclude=
{android,blackberry,animated_favicon1.gif,build,build.xml,db,error.jsp,favicon1.ico}

But my requirement is to exclude nearly 200 directories, is it possible to do this,

I tried like this i mentioned 200 directories names in a file called exclude.txt

and tried this command

Code:

tar -cpzvf /var/tmp/datea.tar /data  --exclude=exclude.txt

But no luck is there any other options?? Please guide me to solve this thread.

colucix · 07-26-2011, 02:21 AM

It should be

Code:

--exclude-from=exclude.txt

where the file exclude.txt must contain one pattern per line.

repo · 07-26-2011, 02:21 AM

Try

Code:

--exclude-from=/PATH_TO/exclude.txt

Kind regards

anishkumarv · 07-26-2011, 03:20 AM

Hi colucix,repo

Thanks a lot man..you guys made my day..it works great :-)