Linux – Tar exclude not working

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tar -cvf file.tar --exclude=thumbs/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_event/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_forum/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_admin/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_userpoints/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_group/ \
                  --exclude=up_old/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_user/ \
                  --exclude=uploads_wall/ \
                  directory_to_tar/

Do I have it wrong? Trying to tar entire directory but exclude all those directories and any files in those folders completely.

Best Answer

With GNU tar you can't include the trailing slash on all those excludes. It'd work with BSD tar, though.

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