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A path name is excluded if any of its file name components matches an

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excluded pattern, even if the path name was specified on the command line.
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Paul Eggert
1999-07-17 01:49:35 +00:00
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@@ -5338,8 +5338,9 @@ matches the shell wildcards (@var{pattern}) from being operated on
(@var{pattern} can be a single file name or a more complex expression).
For example, if you want to create an archive with all the contents of
@file{/tmp} except the file @file{/tmp/foo}, you can use the command
@samp{tar --create --file=arch.tar --exclude=foo}. You may give
multiple @samp{--exclude} options.
@samp{tar --create --file=arch.tar --exclude=foo}. A path name is
excluded if any of its file name components matches @var{pattern}.
You may give multiple @samp{--exclude} options.
@table @kbd
@item --exclude-from=@var{file}
@@ -5378,12 +5379,12 @@ pitfalls:
@itemize @bullet
@item
The main operating mode of @code{tar} will always act on file names
listed on the command line, no matter whether or not there is an
exclusion which would otherwise affect them. In the example above, if
The main operating mode of @code{tar} does not act on a path name
explicitly listed on the command line if one of its file name
components is excluded. In the example above, if
you create an archive and exclude files that end with @samp{*.o}, but
explicitly name the file @samp{catc.o} after all the options have been
listed, @samp{catc.o} @emph{will} be included in the archive.
explicitly name the file @samp{dir.o/foo} after all the options have been
listed, @samp{dir.o/foo} will be excluded from the archive.
@item
You can sometimes confuse the meanings of @value{op-exclude} and