1. Assume the following directory tree needs to be backed up
/temp
|
-- dir1
-- dir2
-- dir3
2. Assume /temp/dir2 and /temp/dir3 is to be excluded
Method 1
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# tar cvf /dev/st0 --exclude /temp/dir2 --exclude /temp/dir3 /temp/*
Method 2
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# tar cvf /dev/st0 -X ./backup_excl.txt /temp/*
where ./backup_excl.txt contains:-
/temp/dir1
/temp/dir2
Method 3
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# tar cvfX /dev/st0 ./backup_excl.txt /temp/*