I am trying to back up /boot, /home and /etc using tar. I am having a
problem determining the options that I need to exclude files.
I execute tar -v -cIpf /mnt/backup/test.tar.bz2 / -X exclude.list.test
> tar.log
What I want to do is exclude my Netscape cache and my VmWare directory.
However, tar seems to only match filenames, where I want to exclude
relative paths. For instance, I have the following in my exclude file:
home/me/.netscape/cache
home/me/vmware/win98
but those options to not work. If I just use "cache", it will eliminate
*all* directories that are named cache, not necessarily just those in
the .netscape directory.
So, is there a way to create the backup file that I need using tar and
relative references instead of string matching, or should I try
something else?
#rpm -q tar
tar-1.13.17-8
Thanks in advance,
Kirk
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