Hello Andrew, Monday, September 30, 2002, 4:14:42 PM, you wrote:
AN> Hi, AN> I'm having trouble using tar with simple exclusion AN> rules.. I'd like to be able to run something like this: AN> tar cfvzp etc-backup.tgz /etc/ AN> but exclude all *.gz files. I can only the --exclude syntax AN> of tar if I leave off the -vzp options. Why doesn't the AN> following work? AN> tar cfvzp --exclude="*.gz" usr-backup.tgz /etc/ Try to use: tar --exclude="*.gz" cvzpf usr-backup.tgz /etc/ (hint: "f" - argument to pass archive file name to tar programm read man tar useful ;) -- Best regards, voodoo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
