[aklug] Re: tar -X directory listing syntax

Looks like we crossed in air....let us know what you find out.

Mike B.

Quoting Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>:

> * 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>
>
> --
> Tim
> tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
> http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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Received on Sat Dec 7 13:02:16 2013