Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000817083850.0223eec0@mail.prefres.com> X-Sender: "Mminnis" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:53:42 -0500 To: Earnie Boyd , cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com From: "Matt Minnis" Subject: Re: tar question In-Reply-To: <20000816234240.4153.qmail@web111.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-SLUIDL: ED5B223A-743511D4-B71B0080-C813F968 Earnie, What does alphabetizing the files have to do with anything? If I name a specific file, shouldn't it be excluded no matter where it comes in the list? Here is my command line: @tar -zcvf $(TARBALL) Makefile *.c *.h ./tracer/* \ License Readme version ./monitor/* --exclude=./monitor/monitor.o Thanks, Matt At 04:42 PM 8/16/2000 -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Matt Minnis wrote: > > Nope. > > > > Even when I explicitly tellit to exclude a file: > > > > --exclude=./monitor/monitor.o > > --exclude='./monitor/monitor.o' > > > > This is ignored. > > > > What is going on here? > > > >Are you sure the files are alphabetized correctly? If the answer is yes it >sounds as if it's time to break out the debugger. And, that means you may >have >to build tar to get the symbols you need. I've not used the --exclude switch >to say whether or not it works. > >Cheers, > >===== >--- > Earnie Boyd: > __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ >Cygwin Newbies: > __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ > Mingw32 List: > Mingw Home: > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com/ Cthulhu for President. Why settle for a lesser evil? ========================================================= Preferred Resources (314) 567-7600 phone 701 Emerson rd. (314) 993-6699 fax Suite 475 mminnis AT prefres DOT com St. Louis, MO 63141 ========================================================= -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com