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Re: --exclude with directory difficulty
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: --exclude with directory difficulty |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:03:06 -0800 (PST) |
> From: Scott Williams <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 19:20:49 -0800
>
> Sorry for the bother if this is an obvious one,
It's not at all obvious, and the --exclude code has been a source of trouble
over the years (including 1.13).
You might want to try the latest beta, in
<ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/>, as it has more --exclude options than
you can shake a stick at and one of them will probably do what you
want.