gtar not using exclude-from option

[Mark Thompson]

Hello,

    I have looked all over and have not been able to solve my
problem with gtar.  I am running solaris 8 on an ultra-5.  I have
successfully compiled and installed tar-1.13.  I can create
archives with no problem.  When I try to use the
--exclude-from=filename option, the files listed in filename are
not excluded.  Here are some examples of what I have place in
filename:

/path/to/file/file
*file
./file

I am in the directory with the files I want to exclude, but gtar
does not seem to what to exclude the files listed.  Is this a bug
in tar, or is there an issue with solaris8 and tar?

Appreciate any help you can give.

Mark Thompson

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