[NTLUG:Discuss] Tar Exclude file question

[David Camm]

think you're going to have to bite the bullet. would seem that what tar is 
looking for is an actual filename. so try this from /home/steve:

ls -1 corporate/* >excludefile.txt (that's -one, not -ell)

then do a tar and see if it works.

if it does, then do:

ls -1  downloads/* >>excludefile.txt etc. to build up the excludes file.

assuming that the contents of these directories change, one could even write a 
little perl script (or shell script) to create excludefile.txt, then run the tar(s).

david camm
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Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Ed Coates wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Stephen Davidson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> According to     info tar  the -X <file>   will look in <file> and 
>> exclude
>> all those files listed there.  Either, make a file with all the 
>> dirs/files
>> included in it, or maybe try the --exclude=<pattern>
>>
>>
>> Ed
>>
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> 
> Tried the following;
> 
> /home/steve/corporate/*
> /home/steve/downloads/*
> /home/steve/j2eeguys/*
> /home/steve/pictures/*
> /home/steve/projects/*
> 
> /home/steve/corporate/
> /home/steve/downloads/
> /home/steve/j2eeguys/
> /home/steve/pictures/
> /home/steve/projects/
> 
> As soon as the second line is added, tar stops working.  I can't believe 
> that Tar only takes one line per file!
> 
> Help?
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
>