Thank you =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France =========================================================================== > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 at 9:50 PM > From: "Doug H." <fedoraproject.org@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: tar exclude cache > > On Mon, 2015-12-21 at 21:29 +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to exclude the .cache directories when I tar a home > > directory > > by using: > > tar -cjf /mnt/backup/home.tbz2 --exclude-caches-all /home/pdupre > > but it does not work. > > What am I doing wrong ? > > > Do the .cache dirs each have a file called CACHEDIR.TAG with just the > below line? > > Signature: 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55 > > I don't remember learning about this tar feature but checking the man > page of tar I found the name of that tag file and a test found the file > to not be enough but a web search came up with the idea that they need > that signature and adding that line to my tag file caused my tar to act > as expected. > > > > -- > Doug H. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
