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Compress directories using tar
Name: afnhe Date: April 10, 2007 at 11:56:10 Pacific OS: FC6 CPU/Ram: Intel 2 Core Duo / 2 GB Product: Fujitsu/Siemens
Comment:
Greetings i want to compress some directories using tar.
teste]$ tree . `-- teste1 |-- teste12 `-- teste13
My question is: how can i exclude some directories using tar? if a use tar cvf teste1.tgz teste1/ ok it'll compress the all dir but i want exclude for example the subdir teste13. Thanks for any help.
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