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Dear readers,

How can i exclude with the tar command a list of files ending
on .gz .deb .rpm .iso .zip an so on?

TIA!

Peter

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:07:18 +0100, Peter Terpstra wrote:

>
> Dear readers,
>
> How can i exclude with the tar command a list of files ending
> on .gz .deb .rpm .iso .zip an so on?

tar --help gives (amongst other things);

--exclude=PATTERN exclude files, given as a PATTERN

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Brad Rogers in <pan.2008.02.21.11.18.45.813936@abydos.stargate.or g.uk> :


> tar --help gives (amongst other things);
>
> --exclude=PATTERN * * *exclude files, given as a PATTERN

Yes i know, but how?

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

Creates just a file with that name and ends in an error (tar: Error exit
delayed from previous errors).

P.

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* 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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Hi there,

On 2008-02-21, Peter Terpstra <peter@dharma.dyndns.invalid> wrote:
>
> Yes i know, but how?
>
> tar cvf --exclude="*.gz *.cf *.txt *.sh *.conf *.db" test.tar etc
>
> Creates just a file with that name and ends in an error (tar: Error exit
> delayed from previous errors).
>
> P.

the cvf parameter for tar expects the file name of the archive to follow
the 'f' argument real close. ;-) All further options need to follow later,
e.g.
tar cvf test.tar --exclude="*.gz" etc

The cvf is "old style" argument use and after giving the command options in
that style, the arguments for thos options must follow directly after the
option string in the order the option string specifies. Another example
would be

tar cvbf 20 /dev/rmt0 ...

if a blocking factor is required for writing to tape for example.
Alternatively, you can, of course, use new style options in almost any
order you like:

tar --create --file=test.tar --exclude="*.gz" --verbose etc

The --exclude can only take one pattern, IIRC. So you might try to find a
pattern that matches everything you want to exclude, have several
--exclude options on the command line or create a file containing all
exclude patterns, on per line, and then exclude from that:
tar cvf test.tar --exclude-from=patternfile etc

HTH
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:07:18 +0100, Peter Terpstra wrote:

> How can i exclude with the tar command a list of files ending
> on .gz .deb .rpm .iso .zip an so on?

man tar

> TIA!

HTH!


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Dan C in <pan.2008.02.21.15.21.32.288215@moria.lan> :

> man tar

I read the manpages for more than seven years now and i'm still not good at
them.

Peter

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Martin Boening in <fpk1qe$fpk$02$1@news.t-online.com> :

> The --exclude can only take one pattern, IIRC. So you might try to find a
> pattern that matches everything you want to exclude, have several
> --exclude options on the command line or create a file containing all
> exclude patterns, on per line, and then exclude from that:
> tar cvf test.tar --exclude-from=patternfile etc

Thank you very much, this was what i was looking for.

Peter

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:10:29 +0100, Peter Terpstra wrote:

>> man tar

> I read the manpages for more than seven years now and i'm still not good at
> them.

Seven years, eh? That's quite a while, especially for the 'tar' command.

Whatever you do, don't try reading the manpage for 'bash'. You might
explode.

At least you're trying. Keep after it.


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