Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: Excluding a file from tar...
Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Excluding a file from tar... Post 302415368 by RTM on Thursday 22nd of April 2010 11:28:00 AM
Old 04-22-2010
May help if you put the output of uname -a so folks know what OS this is ...

I tried your command on Solaris 10 - changed it to the following and it worked - of course, ${var} and ${system} were actually set versus getting the value from a variable - change " to ' and give it a try:
Code:
tar -cvfX - /tmp/notar.info /var/test | ssh mytestsystem '(cd /zones/${zone}/root; tar xnf -)'

You may find these threads helpful:
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...ctory-tar.html
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...sible-scp.html
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

excluding directories while using tar

How do I exclude some directories while creating a tar file with a number of directories? thanks. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: uchachra
2 Replies

2. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

tar backup with excluding some folders

Hi , I want to backup the root file system but the size of / is very huge so I want to exclude some file systems.Man page of tar says X option excludes files but I could not do that.I use this command $ tar -cvf deneme.tar -X exc . $ cat exc sql kkm I think there... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kudret_gulcan
2 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Excluding files using tar cXzf

Hi All, I'm having trouble with creating a compressed tar file with tar cXzfv and even with normal cvXf I created a simple test below.. can anyone spot the mistake I'm making??.. its driving me up the wall.. In the end I need a compressed tarball.... Thanks in advance!! Sam ... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: sampipe
11 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

excluding directories in tar

In a bash script I am writing I am having a problem excluding selected directories from tar. From the machine $SERVER I issue the command #start netcat on storage server gnetcat -l -vv -p 2011 >$FILEPATH/$SHORT_NAME.$today.tar & The the following command is then sent to the $CLIENT. #start... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thumper
2 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Creating tar file for subdirs, excluding one and preserving user info

Hi All, I am not one of the super users / root for AIX 5.3 system. There is a filesystem Say /DIR1 and its has several subdirs in it say SUBDIR1, SUBDIR2, SUBDIR3. Can I create a tar file for all files under DIR1 and SUBDIR1, SUBDIR3. Excluding SIBDIR2? Also how can I preserve... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Hangman2
2 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Creating tar excluding links

hi, How do i create a tar file of a directory excluding the links in that particular directory and its sub-directories. The below command doesnt work for me. tar -cvf abc.tar /dir1 --exclude"^l" (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: yesmani
1 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Excluding file from tar

Hello i am using HP-UX rapdb2 B.11.23 U ia64 1068321383 unlimited-user license. I am tryiyng to exclude for tar all files that start with TOT* but i doues not work I am using: tar -cvf /ODS/prepaid/CDR_FLOW/WORK/backup.tar --exclude='TOT*' and i get the error: tar: cannot stat... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: chriss_58
3 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Create tar file excluding all hard links

I have a problem with tar. Taring a folder with a lot of contents, causes the tar to contain hard links to some files, seen with the same name but 0 in size. The hard links don't exist in the first place. How can I prevent that from happening? I am using the -T option with either -n or... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tribe
2 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to tar this dir excluding some files .au?

Hi all, Thanks for previous help. How to include this in script, I need to tar files which are present in /var/spool/cron/crontabs directory (used for crontab) excluding those files which are having extension .au /var/spool/cron/crontabs>>ls -ltr | grep -v .au total 438 -rw------- 1... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: manalisharmabe
11 Replies

10. AIX

Excluding directory in my tar Backup

Hello AIX experts. Hope this topic finds you well :) Now, I will take a backup for a directory called medcbs. Inside this directory 1 subdirectory I don't want to include it in the backup. So, how to exclude it? To be more clear, take a look to the following: /bossapp1/medcbs>... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mohannad
4 Replies
AGGREGATE_PROPERTIES_BY_REGEXP(3)					 1					 AGGREGATE_PROPERTIES_BY_REGEXP(3)

aggregate_properties_by_regexp - Selective class properties aggregation to an object using a regular expression

SYNOPSIS
void aggregate_properties_by_regexp (object $object, string $class_name, string $regexp, [bool $exclude = false]) DESCRIPTION
Aggregates properties from a class to an existing object using a regular expression to match their names. The properties whose names start with an underscore character (_), which are considered private to the aggregated class, are always excluded. PARAMETERS
o $object - o $class_name - o $regexp - o $exclude - The optional parameter $exclude is used to decide whether the regular expression will select the names of class properties to include in the aggregation (i.e. $exclude is FALSE), or to exclude from the aggregation ($exclude is TRUE). RETURN VALUES
No value is returned. SEE ALSO
aggregate(3), aggregate_methods(3), aggregate_methods_by_list(3), aggregate_methods_by_regexp(3), aggregate_properties(3), aggregate_prop- erties_by_list(3), aggregate_info(3), deaggregate(3). PHP Documentation Group AGGREGATE_PROPERTIES_BY_REGEXP(3)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:38 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy