how to exclude directories while using tar command
A quick post to teach on how to exclude directories while using tar command in linux.
Most of the developers/system administrator should know how to using tar command to create a archive/backup for an application.
But I am facing some difficulty to use the tar command exclude multiple directories until I found this post.
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// TAR COMMAND SYNTAX tar czvf <ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME> <PATH_TO_ARCHIVE> // TAR COMMAND SAMPLE tar czvf backup.tar.gz /var/www/html // TAR COMMAND TO EXCLUDE IMAGES DIRECTORY tar czvf backup.tar.gz /var/www/html --exclude='/var/www/html/images' // TAR COMMAND TO EXCLUDE MULTIPLE DIRECTORIES tar czvf backup.tar.gz /var/www/html --exclude='/var/www/html/images' --exclude='/var/www/html/cache' |
Hope this will solve your problems.
Cheers.
