Exclude a Sub-directory in Tar Command

To backup the directory /home/ to file /backups/home.tgz, and exclude /home/apachelog/ :


# cd /home
# tar czvf /backups/home.tgz –exclude apachelog/ *

(double ‘-’)
It may take a while, make it background:

# tar czf /backups/home.tgz –exclude apachelog/ * &

 if you have to exclude more than one dir.........then create a file called file.txt

and enlist the dirs with the path.

for ex.

#mkdir test
#mkdir test/test1
#mkdir test/test2
#mkdir test/test3

Now Suppose you want to exclude  test1 & test2 dirs..then

#vi file

test/test1

test/test2

save & exit

Now use tar as ...

# tar cvf xyz.tar.gz -X file test

where -X file is the listed dir from file and test is the tar destination to be created after excluding dirs .

have a nice taring........