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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:33:34 -0500
To: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
From: "Matt Minnis" <mminnis AT prefres DOT com>
Subject: RE: tar question
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Nope.  That didn't do it either.

I tried all quote forms: ',",` (single, double, accent)

Thanks,

Matt

At 11:22 PM 8/16/2000 +0200, Heribert Dahms wrote:
>Hi Matt,
>
>try quoting to prevent shell globbing: --exclude='*.o'
>
>
>Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Minnis [SMTP:mminnis AT prefres DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 23:20
> > To:   cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> > Subject:      tar question
> >
> > I am trying to make a tar volume & exclude the *.o & *.x files.
> >
> > per tar --help:
> > <snip>
> > --exclude=PATTERN        exclude files, given as a globbing PATTERN
> > <snip>
> >
> > So I have added --exclude=*.o --exclude=*.x
> > to the commandline.
> >
> > This still gets the o & x files.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?  Is there a problem with cygwin causing this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
> >
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