On 8/2/05, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Shawn Fertch wrote: > > > I'm looking at the man pages on both Slackware 10.1 and RHELv3 systems > > with the following specifications: > > > > --exclude FILE > > exclude file FILE > > -X, --exclude-from FILE > > exclude files listed in FILE > > Thus "FILE" is a plain text file containing a list of directories or files > that are not to be backed up. I think that is different from your > original interpretation. > No, there is a distinct difference between the man pages I am looking at, and what was mentioned by Karl: What Karl mentioned: Man page shows --exclude=PATTERN (with the equal sign). What I originally stated that is within the man pages: --exclude FILE exclude file FILE -X, --exclude-from FILE exclude files listed in FILE The distinct difference is the context in which they are used. The one Karl mentioned would be used in a way similar to: tar cpf /dev/st0 --directory / --exclude=/proc . (please note the equal sign and not white space between the option and it's parameter). I am aware of the list of directories and files as quoted in the man pages on the "-X" or "--exclude-from" statement where it reads a text file of things to exclude. So far, neither of these seem to be working. -- -Shawn -Nemo me impune lacessit. Ne Obliviscaris..