Re: SOLVED (partly) Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-26 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Rick Macdonald wrote: > This fails: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar * > > But this works: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar ./ > > Go figure. Have you compared absolute and relative path names? The shell expands * to a full path name. Also, listing the file in t

Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-26 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Admaster Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of > > > tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt > > The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded!! What is the correct > syntax??? The problem is that --exclu

SOLVED (partly) Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-26 Thread Rick Macdonald
Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > |> tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt > > Seems to be broken here too. > > > > Ditto here. Note to previous thread respondant. The *order* of > arguments > makes *no* difference. This still fails: > > tar --exclude=xxx -zcvf test.tar Thi

Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-26 Thread Ed Cogburn
Norbert Veber wrote: > > On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 08:20:43AM +, Bart Maerten wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Admaster Communications) > > writes: > > |> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of > > |> > > |> > > |> tar -zcvf test.tar *

Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-25 Thread Norbert Veber
On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 08:20:43AM +, Bart Maerten wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Admaster Communications) > writes: > |> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of > |> > |> > |> tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt > > Chan

Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-25 Thread Bart Maerten
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Admaster Communications) writes: |> I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of |> |> |> tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt Change the 'c' with a 'x'. 'c' is to create a tar file. 'x' to extract. Look a

Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-22 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Admaster Communications wrote: > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of > > tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt > > The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded!! What is the correct > syntax??? Try: tar --exclude=leave_me_out.txt -zcvf test.tar *