* Peter Terpstra <peter@dharma.dyndns.invalid>:
> Brad Rogers in <pan.2008.02.21.11.18.45.813936@abydos.stargate.or g.uk> :
>
>
>> tar --help gives (amongst other things);
>>
>> --exclude=PATTERN Â* Â* Â*exclude files, given as a PATTERN

That's not meant for multiple patterns.

> tar cvf --exclude="*.gz *.cf *.txt *.sh *.conf *.db" test.tar etc

Either use another option reading your patterns from a file or use
multiple --exclude options, one for each pattern.

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