tar -T -X

[Chang[linuxism]]

I found that if I didn't use the full path, the exclude work.

tar cvzfp backup.tgz -T /tmp/filelist -X /tmp/xclude
where /tmp/exclude has just the line: linux-sxs

I will borrow your experience and try again. 
Regular expressions... Though I writes programs 
(mainly dBase dialects), I still didn't know 
what the freak is it.. :)

> >> > Is it possible to tar backup everything in /home except
> >> > /home/httpd/html/linux-sxs?
> >> > tar cvzfp /home/backup/linux.backup.tgz -T /tmp/filelist -X /tmp/xclude
> >> > file /tmp/exclude:
> >> > /home/httpd/html/linux-sxs/
> ----exclude.tar
> /home/ajlewis2/staroffice/*
> tar cvf /home/tempbu/ajlewis2.tar -T /home/ajlewis2/include.tar -X
> /home/ajlewis2/exclude.tar

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