Tar directory and exclude sub-directory

19 October 2011 • 1 comment • Linux

Mostly backup command in linux use tar command and if you want to backup directory and not need several sub-directory in root directory, you can use this

tar -cvzfp ./dirctoryname-backup.tar.gz --exclude=/folderA/foldera

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