Rod Person <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > according to the man page for tar --exclude-from and -X are supported. > This command does not do what I expected it to do: > tar -cz -f/usr/local/tmp/RoddieRodHome.tgz /home/roddierod > --exclude-from=/home/roddierod/.pan > > Now I would expect that this would create a tar gzip file called > RoddieRodHome.tgz and tar ball of my home with every thing but the files in > .pan. But it does include the .pan directory. > > Is the --exclude-from not supported even though it is in the manpage?
I think you're confusing --exclude with --exclude-from. What you typed should have excluded all of the files that were listed in a file named "/home/roddierod/.pan". _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
