Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] tar exclude syntax tip

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 04:03:03PM +0200, tastytea wrote
> 
> This works fine here with ???tar (GNU tar) 1.34???:
> 
> $ mkdir -p a/b
> $ touch a/file a/b/file
> $ touch a/file.xz a/b/file.xz
> $ tree a
> a
> ????????? b
> ???   ????????? file
> ???   ????????? file.xz
> ????????? file
> ????????? file.xz
> 
> 1 directory, 4 files
> $ tar -cvzf test.tar.gz --exclude="a/file" --exclude="a/b/*.xz" a

  That's files.  What happens with directories, e.g.
tar -cvzf test.tar.gz --exclude="a/b/" a

  I know I followed the manual.  Actually, my problem seems to be with
directories.  See
https://serverfault.com/questions/742514/running-the-tar-command-with-the-exclude-functionality-does-not-work-for-direc
where someone finds that...

tar hczf t.tar.gz * --exclude="./test1"

...doesn't work, but...

tar --exclude="./test1" -hczf t.tar.gz *

...does work!?!?!?

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
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