Re: [Bug-tar] (forw) tar --listed-incremental bogous?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Andreas Schuldei <address@hidden> wrote:

> While it is possible to operate on directories when creating the
> compressable archive and --exclude *.bz2 ... all the
> uncompressable files, i cant think of a way to 
> operate on directories while taring up all the compressable
> files. so i settled with creating a file list with find, and tar
> all those files. if you tell me a way to operate on directories
> (on tar`s level) while still catching all the uncompressable
> files i will gladly do so.

I see. Here is how you can do it:

# Variables:
#  ARCH             -   tar archive that keeps all non-compressed files
#  SNAPSHOT         -   correspondig listed-incremental snapshot
#  ARCH_COMPRESSED  -   tar archive that keeps all compressed files
#  ARCH_COMPRESSED  -   correspondig listed-incremental snapshot

# Archive the non-compressed files:
tar --create --file $ARCH \
    --listed=$SNAPSHOT \ 
    --exclude='*.Z' \
    --exclude='*.gz' \
    --exclude='*.bz2' \
    --exclude='*.tgz' \
    $DIR

# Archive all the compressed files:    
find $DIR \! -path $DIR \! \
  \( -name '*.Z' -or -name '*.gz' -or -name '*.bz2' -or -name '*.tgz' \) |
  tar --create --file $ARCH_COMPRESSED \
      --listed=$SNAPSHOT_COMPRESSED \
      --exclude-from=- \
  $DIR     

Regards,
Sergey