I need help with tar

If I have a directory named "foo"

and foo has a directory "bar"

I want to tar .czvf foo but exclude "bar"


How would I do that?




Thanks in advance!

 

The "--exclude-from" parameter of tar command is what you are looking for, isn't it?

 

yes it is but I can't seem to make it work...


can you give an example syntax?

 

cannot say why it's not working with you. You should post your command here.
Another option: move "bar" folder out of "foo" folder, tar "foo", then move "bar" back

 

I gues I don't understand the syntax

I am trying it with different variations of

tar czvf foo.tar.gz --exclude-from=bar foo


where foo is the directory and bar is a directory under foo

 

I got it..........
in case anyone else needs it:
tar czvf foo.tar.gz foo --exclude "bar/dirs"


Thanks!