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On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 04:03:03PM +0200, tastytea wrote |
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> This works fine here with ???tar (GNU tar) 1.34???: |
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> $ mkdir -p a/b |
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> $ touch a/file a/b/file |
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> $ touch a/file.xz a/b/file.xz |
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> $ tree a |
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> a |
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> ????????? b |
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> ??? ????????? file |
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> ??? ????????? file.xz |
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> ????????? file |
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> ????????? file.xz |
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> 1 directory, 4 files |
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> $ tar -cvzf test.tar.gz --exclude="a/file" --exclude="a/b/*.xz" a |
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That's files. What happens with directories, e.g. |
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tar -cvzf test.tar.gz --exclude="a/b/" a |
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I know I followed the manual. Actually, my problem seems to be with |
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directories. See |
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https://serverfault.com/questions/742514/running-the-tar-command-with-the-exclude-functionality-does-not-work-for-direc |
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where someone finds that... |
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tar hczf t.tar.gz * --exclude="./test1" |
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...doesn't work, but... |
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tar --exclude="./test1" -hczf t.tar.gz * |
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...does work!?!?!? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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