On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> I think what you're looking for is "--exclude==PATTERN" which excludes
> files (remember that, in UN*X, everything's a file, including directories)
> which match the pattern. I always substitute 'v' for 'c' the first time I
> run a tar command, to mak
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> This should be what you need:
>
> tar -czf root_bak-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz / --exclude=/dev/*
>
Yes exactly ... thank you for the example.
I was confused about the exlude file passage in the man pages.
So thanx again for your help.
Oliver
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