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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!data.ramona.vix.com!news1.digital.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!zenin!thrush.omix.com!byron From: Zenin <zenin@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tar - excluding files Date: 8 Jul 1997 03:03:38 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5psama$dka$3@nntp2.ba.best.com> References: <slrn5s1k59.7l2.mjm@praetor.hna.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: thrush.omix.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44073 Matt McLeod <mjm@SPAMMERS.hna.BUGGER.com.OFF.au> wrote: > I've tried it as: --exclude "the various stuff I don't want backed up", as > --exclude dev --exclude proc, etc, and also as --exclude "dev/*" --exclude > "proc*", etc, but it insists on dumping them to tape anyway >snip< Have you tryed: --exclude '/dev/*' or --exclude '*dev/*' Both work for me. -- -Zenin zenin@best.com