Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Message-ID: <99B82AA9708ED0119B55006097125A00363F07@ifk63.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de>
To: "'Matt Minnis'" <mminnis AT prefres DOT com>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: RE: tar question
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:22:49 +0200
X-Priority: 3
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1457.3)
Content-Type: text/plain

Hi Matt,

try quoting to prevent shell globbing: --exclude='*.o'


Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Matt Minnis [SMTP:mminnis AT prefres DOT com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 16, 2000 23:20
> To:	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> Subject:	tar question
> 
> I am trying to make a tar volume & exclude the *.o & *.x files.
> 
> per tar --help:
> <snip>
> --exclude=PATTERN        exclude files, given as a globbing PATTERN
> <snip>
> 
> So I have added --exclude=*.o --exclude=*.x
> to the commandline.
> 
> This still gets the o & x files.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  Is there a problem with cygwin causing this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> Cthulhu for President. Why settle for a lesser evil?
> 
> =========================================================
> Preferred Resources          (314) 567-7600 phone
> 701 Emerson rd.              (314) 993-6699 fax
> Suite 475		       mminnis AT prefres DOT com
> St. Louis, MO
> 63141
> =========================================================
> 
> 
> --
> Want to unsubscribe from this list?
> Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com