Thread: tar --exclude [bash]

i'm making backup script in bash. , i've been testing out, , of encryption , compression, becomes slow, i've decided exclude things.

first few lines of code go [using different folder names security]:

php code:

#! /bin/bash
files="music"
exclude="*.mp3"
echo compressing files...
mkdir backup
tar -pvczf backup/backup.tar.gz --exclude=$exclude $files > log.txt
echo done. 


this works.

if change third line to:

php code:

exclude="music/somerandomartist/*" 


this works.

however, if try combine two, like:

php code:

exclude="*.mp3 music/somerandomartist/*" 


this doesn't work, , ends excluding nothing.

i've tried delimiting things commas instead of spaces, , still no more luck.

heh, i've tried lot of things, there's no point mentioning them all.

google no help, i'm hoping give me hand.

in advance.

i believe --exclude can handle 1 expression. nothing stops using several excludes. example:

code:

...  exclude1="music/somerandomartist/*"   exclude2="*.mp3"  tar -pvczf backup/backup.tar.gz --exclude=$exclude1 --exclude=$exclude2 $files > log.txt  ...

good luck!

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