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#1 2020-01-19 10:52:45
- MS1
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Unable to get bsdtar to exclude '*.pkg.tar.*' files
For backup of my system I am running
cd /mnt/mount
bsdtar -pcf /mnt/backup/motocycle-backup.tar . --exclude='*.pkg.tar.*'but still there are lots of pacman tars in the backup. What am I doing wrong?
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#2 2020-01-19 10:59:46
- graysky
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Re: Unable to get bsdtar to exclude '*.pkg.tar.*' files
The exclude has to come first...
bsdtar --exclude='*.pkg.tar.*' -pcf /mnt/backup/motocycle-backup.tar .Why are you changing dirs first? You can do it all from the shell.
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