want to 'tar' a folder without some contents of folder

shipon_97 · 10-12-2007, 01:51 PM

Friends ,

Suppose I have a folder "test" . In test folder I have 5 files , Like "file1" "file2" "file3" "file4" and "file5" .

Now I want to compress (tar) the "test" folder without the file "file4" and "file5" .

Like follwing :

tar -cvf test.tar test //
it should not contain the 'file4' and 'file5' .

Is it possible to do ? If yes then plz help me ....

matthewg42 · 10-12-2007, 01:53 PM

You should search for "exclude" in the tar manual page.

b0uncer · 10-12-2007, 01:58 PM

Code:

man tar

then type '/' (shift+7 if you've got a keyboard like mine) followed by 'exclude' without spaces, and hit ENTER. So,

Code:

/exclude

If you found what you wanted, read further -- if not, write again '/' (no need to retype the same search string unless you change it) and hit ENTER to head for the next hit. It works backwards the same way, except the "search letter" is '?', not '/'.

matthewg42 · 10-12-2007, 02:01 PM

If you use KDE you can also view manual pages in konqueror by entering

Code:

man:pagename

in the location bar.

shipon_97 · 10-13-2007, 03:44 AM

Thx all for reply ...

I can do it in the case of "file" format . But If I want to tar excluding a folder
Like /var or /myfolder Like following way :

tar -cvf test.tar --exclude /myfolder

Then it does not working .

Plz help how can I exclude a folder using tar ?

unSpawn · 10-13-2007, 04:21 AM

You left out the files it *should* tar up?