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9210.0. "tar exclusion options do not work as documented" by AZUR::HUREZ (Connectivity & Computing Services @VBE. DTN 828-5159) Tue Mar 18 1997 09:18

    I'm trying to archive source files without SCCS libraries
    
    
        Work                    ProjHome
                              /    |    \     \
                          code  scripts  man   ...
                            |      |      |
                          SCCS   SCCS    SCCS
    
    
    cd $Work
    
    Neither of these will work (the SCCS's and their contents are always
    archived in addition to files in code, scripts and man catalogs):
    
    tar cvFf project.tar -C $ProjHome ./code ./scripts ./man
     (The F options is *supposed* to strip down SCCS libraries, according
      to the man page!)
    tar cvf project.tar -C $ProjHome \
        ./code -e ./code/SCCS ./scripts -e ./scripts/SCCS ./man -e ./man/SCCS
    tar cvf project.tar -C $ProjHome ./code ./scripts ./man -e SCCS
    
    I tried both /sbin/tar and /usr/bin/tar with the same failure.
    
    Any clue?
    
    Thanks,
    
    	-- Olivier.
    

    re .0
    Hmmm, not exactly obvious but I think one of your problems is mixing
    options and arguments. Have you tried:
    
    tar cvf project.tar -C $ProjHome \
    	-e ./code/SCCS -e ./scripts/SCCS -e ./man/SCCS \
    	./code ./scripts ./man
    
    works for me on my 4.0B system.
    Cheers
    
    	Martin
    

    Thanks for the quick answer...
    
    My system is V3.2 214.  The command doesn't work on it (complains about
    -e not beeing a file or directory :-(
    
    It seems it's time to upgrade...
    
    Thanks,
    
    	-- Olivier.