Hi Mike Try something like this:
tar -cvf backup.tar $(ls / | grep -v -e 'tmp' -e 'boot') On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Michael Sioutis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > I can't find it in the man page, and it seems it is not supported (?) > I am trying to backup some folders and want to exclude some and nth > will work. I've tried: > --exclude=/folder/ > --exclude="/folder/ > --exclude /folder > --exclude "folder" > > I will get an error: "--exclude... directory doesn't exist". > > Excluding will work in Linux. > > Thanx! > Mike > > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
