tar exclude cache

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

I am trying to exclude the .cache directories when I tar a home directory
by using:
tar -cjf /mnt/backup/home.tbz2 --exclude-caches-all /home/pdupre
but it does not work.
What am I doing wrong ?

Thank for your help.

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