If on linux, you can either use --exclude-from and add the files to exclude into the file or you will have to use one --exclude for each pattern you want to exclude from tar.
Code:
$cat files_to_exclude
.adobe/
.bin/google-earth
$ tar -zcf --exclude-from=files_to_exclude file.tgz *
OR
Code:
$ tar -zcf --exclude=.adobe --exclude=bin/google-earth file.tgz *
Hello guys it's me again, I need some help. What I'm doing is listing all the file and directories Recusively and using it a a master file. Then I need to do the same the nest day to make sure nothing was deleted or modified. What happen is file in one of out major directories was deleted without... (2 Replies)
Hi All I have two scripts which i used to try and list all the directories one using 'function', which only lists the first directory and does not show directories within directories.
function ListDir ()
{
for arg in $(ls $HOME)
do
if
then
echo $arg
... (2 Replies)
I have a text list of about 3,000 file names (image files), which exist on a server and that I want to copy over to another location. I understand the Unix cp code, but what's the string to have it copy multiple files based on an external list?
Many thanks! (4 Replies)
Hi,
I'm looking to delete some files from directories.
I've just put in a file the location of these files.
e.g:
in file supprs.txt there is:
/usr/host/t1.txt
/etc/dev/u1.java
/home/new/files/view.c
Is it possible to take this file "supprs.txt" as a parameter in a shell command ? (2 Replies)
Hello all,
I'm trying to copy all files within a specified directory to another location based on a find filter of mtime -1 (Solaris OS). The issue that I'm having is that in the destination directory, I want to retain the source directory structure while copying over only the files that have... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I need to edit an xml file as such
<B="A"><!]></B>
so that the output is
<A><!]></A>
This is a massive xml file and the A B and C are always different however the output should always be the same.
Does anyone know any solution to this please?
thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Hi All,
Please help.
I have got a file which contains a listing of a file and some directories after it, one by one. I am calling this file xyz.txt here
file1
dir1
dir2
dir3
dir4
file2
dir5
dir6
dir7
dir8
file3
dir9
dir10
dir11
dir12 (6 Replies)
Hi,
I have a command in my bash script, searchDirectoryName.sh:
DIR_NAME=$(find . -type d)
echo "${DIR_NAME}"
.
./Dir1
./Dir1/1.0.2.1
./Dir2
./Dir2/1.1
./Dir3
./Dir3/2.2.1
How can I select only following directory names with second subdirectoies and without first ./ in the... (3 Replies)
Dear All,
I have a situation where I want to copy some files of type .txt.
These files are o/p from one program. Some of the files are named as
fileName .txt instead of fileName.txt
after fileName by mistake I have specified "space". Now I want to move these files as follows.
mv fileName*... (13 Replies)
guys, i did create a script but its too long, though it function the same.
# cat nightlyscan.sh
#!/usr/ksh
deyt=`date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
for i in `ls -lrt|grep $deyt|awk '{print $9}'`
do
cp -f $i /S1/Sophos/logger/
done
#
but i did not paste it all.
this is the desired. (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: kenshinhimura
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
backup
BACKUP(8) System Manager's Manual BACKUP(8)NAME
backup - backup files
SYNOPSIS
backup [-djmnorstvz] dir1 dir2
OPTIONS -d At top level, only directories are backed up
-j Do not copy junk: *.Z, *.bak, a.out, core, etc
-m If device full, prompt for new diskette
-n Do not backup top-level directories
-o Do not copy *.o files
-r Restore files
-s Do not copy *.s files
-t Preserve creation times
-v Verbose; list files being backed up
-z Compress the files on the backup medium
EXAMPLES
backup -mz . /f0 # Backup current directory compressed
backup /bin /usr/bin
# Backup bin from RAM disk to hard disk
DESCRIPTION
Backup (recursively) backs up the contents of a given directory and its subdirectories to another part of the file system. It has two typ-
ical uses. First, some portion of the file system can be backed up onto 1 or more diskettes. When a diskette fills up, the user is
prompted for a new one. The backups are in the form of mountable file systems. Second, a directory on RAM disk can be backed up onto hard
disk. If the target directory is empty, the entire source directory is copied there, optionally compressed to save space. If the target
directory is an old backup, only those files in the target directory that are older than similar names in the source directory are
replaced. Backup uses times for this purpose, like make. Calling Backup as Restore is equivalent to using the -r option; this replaces
newer files in the target directory with older files from the source directory, uncompressing them if necessary. The target directory con-
tents are thus returned to some previous state.
SEE ALSO tar(1).
BACKUP(8)