Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:48:57 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: file patterns and tar Message-ID: <46D6E6E9.4030007@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20708300758v56c71856u1ce737a0a2caff9e@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20708300758v56c71856u1ce737a0a2caff9e@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > I want to create a backup of some parts of my system, but not everything > > ex, I want to exclude /bin, and /usr/bin, but not /usr/local/bin - > same for *sbin, *lib, and *libexec > > however, if I used > > tar -jcvf test.tbz \ > --exclude /bin --exclude /usr/bin \ > --exclude /dev --exclude /var --exclude /tmp \ > --exclude /root --exclude /proc / | \ > tar -tf - | grep bin > > I don't get /usr/local/bin files. > > I coudln't find more help in tar, either through tar --help or man > tar, though I know it says that it is excluding leading slashes in > file names (which is probably causing this issue). What should I do, > short of running tars for /, /usr/ and /usr/local, or is that the only > real option? But then there is always the possiblility of missing > something because its name just happens to contain bin, or more likely > contains lib. If you're going for really wacky patterns, and don't mind wrestling with find(1), you could always pipe the output of find into tar: find Pictures -type f -name '*.jpg' -print0 | tar cvTf - jpegs.tar --null -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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