tar exclude?

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

Is there a way to exclude a directory when creating a tar ball?

-T

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM ToddAndMargo via users
 wrote:
> Is there a way to exclude a directory when creating a tar ball?

Let me Google that for you:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tar+how+to+exclude+directory.

Jeff

[ToddAndMargo]

On 3/3/25 5:40 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM ToddAndMargo via users
>  wrote:
> > Is there a way to exclude a directory when creating a tar ball?
>
> Let me Google that for you:
> https://www.google.com/search?q=tar+how+to+exclude+directory.
>
> Jeff

It looks like if I wanted to exclude "folder3" and
all its sub folders, the run line would look like:

/home/ftp/mysite/folder3

cd /home/ftp
tar -czvf mysite.tar.gz mysite --exclude='file3' --exclude='folder3'

Would it also work with :
tar -czvf mysite.tar.gz /home/ftp/mysite --exclude='file3' 
--exclude='folder3'

Does this all look right to you?

I have asked this yeas ago and there was no a way
or I could not find it.

[Christiano Anderson]

On 04/03/2025 04:08, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> It looks like if I wanted to exclude "folder3" and
> all its sub folders, the run line would look like:
>
> /home/ftp/mysite/folder3
>
> cd /home/ftp
> tar -czvf mysite.tar.gz mysite --exclude='file3' --exclude='folder3'
>
> Would it also work with :
> tar -czvf mysite.tar.gz /home/ftp/mysite --exclude='file3' -- 
> exclude='folder3'

Use absolute or relative paths carefully. The path in --exclude should 
match how the files are being added to the archive. For example, if 
you're running the command from /home/ftp/mysite, you might need to use 
relative paths like --exclude='./folder3'

[ToddAndMargo]

On 3/4/25 12:13 AM, Christiano Anderson wrote:
> On 04/03/2025 04:08, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> > It looks like if I wanted to exclude "folder3" and
> > all its sub folders, the run line would look like:
> >
> > /home/ftp/mysite/folder3
> >
> > cd /home/ftp
> > tar -czvf mysite.tar.gz mysite --exclude='file3' --exclude='folder3'
> >
> > Would it also work with :
> > tar -czvf mysite.tar.gz /home/ftp/mysite --exclude='file3' -- 
> > exclude='folder3'
>
> Use absolute or relative paths carefully. The path in --exclude should 
> match how the files are being added to the archive. For example, if 
> you're running the command from /home/ftp/mysite, you might need to use 
> relative paths like --exclude='./folder3'

Thank you!