Not working...its still trying to archive the stats folder. And I did a search online and they came up with a view syntax variations which also failed. So I have no idea.
tar czvf webroot.tar.gz --exclude 'webroot/stats/' webroot tar czvf webroot.tar.gz --exclude=webroot/stats/ webroot tar czvf webroot.tar.gz --exclude='webroot/stats/' webroot Anyone ideas? ~ Matthew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list-admin@;redhat.com] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 5:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tar Gunzip Question MET wrote: > > I have a folder called 'webroot'. Inside of webroot I have 2 dozen > folders and some more files. Simple layout, nothing fancy. I'd like > to archive and compress them all using a shell script which of course > would be run through the cron daemon. I compress as so: > > tar zcvf webroot.tar.gz webroot > > So how > would I go about excluding the 'stats' folder from the command? > tar czvf webroot.tar.gz --exclude 'webroot/stats/' webroot -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list