I can't create a tar file this way
tar -cvf --exclude='./web/uploads' backup.tar .
but ./web/uploads exists,without the exlude option it works.
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which command works? what is your intention? what is the error message/outcome with the non-working command? – BNT Aug 02 '18 at 11:17
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the message it's on title – afsdi3 Aug 02 '18 at 11:34
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The reason is that you specified -f which must precede the tarfile name. So you could also try
tar -cv --exclude='./web/uploads' -f backup.tar .
as long as the exclude option precedes source and destination. See this for more options like
tar --exclude='./web/uploads' -cvf backup.tar .
