Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > I've noticed that the --exclude-ignore option to tar behaves in a way I > didn't expect. I've attached a script you can run in a clean temporary > directory to demonstrate this. Here's what I see when I copy the script > into an empty directory, cd into that directory, and run it: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Before: > a: > b exclusions > > a/b: > c > > Tarball contents: > a/ > a/exclusions > a/b/ > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > My understanding is that the file specified by --exclude-ignore only > applies to the directory it's in, so I expected a result like the > following: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Tarball contents: > a/ > a/exclusions > a/b/ > a/b/c > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > The behavior I expected seems to be in line with the manual, which says > the following ((tar) Option Summary): > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > '--exclude-ignore=FILE' > Before dumping a directory, 'tar' checks if it contains FILE. If > so, exclusion patterns are read from this file. The patterns > affect only the directory itself. *Note exclude::. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > However, that isn't the behavior I've observed. Instead, it looks like > tar has excluded c, even though the file specified by --exclude-ignore > should have only applied to directory a, not to its child directory b. > > Is the behavior I've observed intended? Based on what the manual says, > I suspect it isn't.
Has anyone seen this email? I haven't received a reply, so I'm not sure if my message was received by anyone on the list. -- Chris
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