How To Compress a Directory with the tar Command and Exclude Certain Files, tarball exclude files

When creating a tar-ball (compressing a directory of files), you may exclude certain files by using the –exclude flag. The –exclude flag will also work with a wild card “*”. Here is an example of how to tar-ball a directory from the parent directory and exclude certain files: [crayon-55a564fd4c862358650465/] IMPORTANT: Be sure to use the… Read more How To Compress a Directory with the tar Command and Exclude Certain Files, tarball exclude files