[aklug] Re: tar -X directory listing syntax

* Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [131206 14:36]:
> Hi :
>
> I'm feeding options to tar via drush, which is a command-line
> utility for drupal. Tar code which works standalone with certain
> options such as -X (which use an input file) doesn't work correctly.
>
> The directory in questions has dozens of subdirectories on which I
> want only 7 plus all files at the root.
>
> I want to try using the tar `include' option which would do the
> following
>
> 1)tar the following _subdirectories_ and everything subsequent
> (below)
>
> includes, misc, modules, profiles, scripts, sites, themes
>
> those need to be explicit names, not patterns. I don't want tar to
> pick up something like `myprofiles' or `perl_scripts'.
>
> 2)tar all _files_ in the root of the target directory
>
> Any working ideas welcome. Remember input files such as used for -T
> and -X don't seem to work.
>
> I think that `exclude' would work also, but I'm concerned about
> drush munging a really long series of options.
>
:) I guess I stumped the chumps. Anyway, I submitted this to drupal
stackexchange.

<irony>If drupal/drush had been written in python, I wouldn't have
this problem</irony>

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Tim 
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