Gnu-tar I have a problem with --exclude

[Andreas Baier]

Hi,

Version: tar (GNU tar) 1.13.17

I am using tar quit a long time, but I think, I have a problem, which I 
am unable to solve. But I am not sure, weather it is a bug or a feature.
The problem deals with --exclude="Pattern"

I can exclude patterns, like *~, and also it is possible, to exlude 
whole dir-paths, like "etc/vmware"

But the problem is the follwing, ket us suppose if have a mountpoint an 
a driectory dir, with datafiles in it.
I can exlude the whole directory, but then I will have to recreate the 
directory by hand.

I tried to use dir/* but then all files under dir go into my tar-file.

Is there a way round my problem?

Best regards

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Andreas Baier
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