Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:55:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "D Golden" <dana@coastal-law.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: excluding from tar Message-ID: <2785.192.168.1.1.1089514540.squirrel@192.168.1.1>
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I've created a tar archive of my entire system, but I want to exclude everything in /proc , /usr/ports, and the FILE /usr/backup.tar when updating the archive. I've tried: 1. cd / && tar -vu --file /usr/backup.tar * --exclude=/proc --exclude=/usr/ports --exclude=/usr/backup.tar 2. cd / && tar -vu --file /usr/backup.tar * --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/usr/ports/* --exclude=/usr/backup.tar 3. cd / && tar -vu -X /root/nodump --file /usr/backup.tar * and in /root/nodump I have 3 lines: /proc # Also tried /proc/* /usr/ports # Also tried /usr/ports/* /usr/backup.tar However, in all three examples, /proc , /usr/ports, and the FILE get updated. What am I missing? Dana
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