faq  search  add article  cool-stuff  how-to  main  tips  parent	Re: HOWTO: Backup files with tar by Shawn on Wednesday July 16, @11:15AM Is it possible to exclude directories while 'taring' I would like to tar my entire /home directory with many user directories and exclude one of those directories. I have been using tar and ssh together to back up a 40G /home partition onto a separate remote machine with a removable harddrive of 20G. Yesterday the gzipped tarball finally made it over the 20G mark. ther is one directory /home/unwanted_dir that is 8G that I don't need to back up. Shawn	Related Links Articles on Backup and Restore Also by Shawn Contact author Sponsors
	The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. ( Add a Reply ) Re: HOWTO: Backup files with tar by John McFarlane on Wednesday August 20, @11:44AM yes, you can use --exclude here is a quick example: tar pzcvf /usr/_usr.tar.gz --exclude /usr/_usr.tar.gz /usr [ Add a Reply to this ] The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. ( Article Reply )

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