Quick thought…<\/p>\n
You can pretty much exclude a file, folder or specific pattern when using tar:<\/p>\n
p.s some tar basics…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Creating a tar file<\/strong><\/p>\n -c – create Add Verbose output<\/strong> List files in a tar<\/strong> Add file to tar<\/strong> Add gzip compression<\/strong> Add bzip2 compression<\/strong> Extract tarballs with compression<\/strong> Extract a tarball without replacing old files<\/strong> Tarpipe\/TarCopy<\/strong> To copy the files to a remote server Quick thought… You can pretty much exclude a file, folder or specific pattern when using tar: # tar cvfp 052613tar.tar \/my\/path\/Example.com_DIR –exclude=\/my\/path\/Example.com_DIR\/images or tar everything in the current directory, but exclude two specific files # tar cvpf 052613tar.tar * –exclude=index.html –exclude=myimage.png or tar cvpf 052613tar.tar * –exclude=’file1′ –exclude=’pattern*’ –exclude=’file2′ p.s some tar… <\/p>\n
\n# tar cvfp 052613tar.tar \/my\/path\/Example.com_DIR --exclude=\/my\/path\/Example.com_DIR\/images
\n<\/code>
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\nor tar everything in the current directory, but exclude two specific files
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\n# tar cvpf 052613tar.tar * --exclude=index.html --exclude=myimage.png
\n<\/code>
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\nor
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\ntar cvpf 052613tar.tar * --exclude='file1' --exclude='pattern*' --exclude='file2'
\n<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -cf tarfile.tar file1.txt<\/code><\/p>\n
\n-f or \u2013file – immediately followed by a file or device will tell tar where to create the tar file and the files or directories to package<\/p>\n
\n Extracting a tar file<\/strong>
\ntar -xf tarfile.tar<\/code>
\n-x – extract
\n-f or \u2013file
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -xfv tarfile.tar<\/code>
\n-v verbosely lists the files processed
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -tf file.tar<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -rvf file.tar file2.txt
\n file2.txt<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -cvzf tarfile.tar.gz file1.txt file2.txt
\nfile1.txt
\nfile2.txt<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -cjvf tarfile.tar.bz files_dir
\nfiles_dir\/
\nfiles_dir\/file3.txt
\nfiles_dir\/file4.txt<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -xjvf tarfile.tar.bz files_dir
\nfiles_dir\/
\nfiles_dir\/file3.txt
\nfiles_dir\/file4.txt<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\ntar -czf tarfile.tar.gz file1.txt file2.txt
\nrm file2.txt && echo \"file2 was removed\" >> file1.txt
\ntar -xvzkf tarfile.tar.gz
\nfile1.txt
\nfile2.txt
\ncat file1.txt
\nfile2 was removed <\/code>
\n <\/p>\n
\nThis sends the packaged files to stdout rather than to a file. This is used as an alternative to ‘cp’ because it’s simply faster.
\ntar -cf - file* | (cd ..\/files_copied\/ && tar -xf -)<\/code><\/p>\n
\ntar -cf - file* | ssh remote-server \"(cd \/files_copied\/ && tar -xf -)\"<\/code>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"