T would like to use the tar command in Linux to back up some files, but i would like to exclude a specific directory from the archive.
How can I do that?
Linux – exclude directory with tar command
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T would like to use the tar command in Linux to back up some files, but i would like to exclude a specific directory from the archive.
How can I do that?
Best Answer
so, lets back up the directory /directory and everything in it, but ignoring any files called IGNORE-ME.
tar -cf backup.tar /directory --exclude "IGNORE-ME"If it wasn't snowing out, i'd probably point out that
man taris as good as RTFM (and google 'tar exclude file' is even faster).