Exclude selected sub-directories while compressing

Question

Use this command to exclude sub-directories while compressing but it didn't work:

    tar -zcvf slice.tar.gz --exclude=slice/media* --exclude slice/images/doc/* slice

It still compresses all the sub-directors inside media and doc. What am i doing wrong?

Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/984204/shell-command-to-tar-directory-excluding-certain-files-folders — Ilya, Mar 16 '15 at 11:32
Also it is better to delete not related tags from the question and add information about version of your `tar`. — Ilya, Mar 16 '15 at 11:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '15 at 11:34

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Option '--exclude' must be at the beginning of the tar command. And do not forget quotation marks.

Try this: tar --exclude='slice/media*' --exclude='slice/images/doc/*' -zcvf slice.tar.gz slice

answered Mar 16 '15 at 11:34

Ilya

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