On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:28:36 -0700
Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does something like
> '--exclude "/home/user/.*"' work with tar?
> 
> - Grant

Yes you may exclude files from being included. From the tar man page:

--exclude PATTERN	exclude files based upon PATTERN

-X, --exclude-from FILE	exclude files listed in FILE