cli-tarHow do I use tar to exclude a directory in Unix?
Using the tar
command in Unix, you can exclude a directory from being archived. This is done by using the --exclude
option, followed by the directory name you want to exclude.
For example, to exclude a directory named foo
from being archived, you would use the following command:
tar --exclude=foo -cvf archive.tar .
This command would create an archive named archive.tar
containing all files and directories in the current working directory, except for the foo
directory.
The parts of the command are:
tar
- The tar command--exclude=foo
- The--exclude
option, followed by the directory name to exclude-cvf
- The flags used to create the archive,-c
for create,-v
for verbose, and-f
to specify the archive filenamearchive.tar
- The name of the archive.
- The directory to archive
For more information on the tar
command, see the man page.
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