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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo AT msu DOT edu] 
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:56 AM


> In a related question that has to do with my laziness, I need 
> a way to tarball a CVS tree without including the CVS 
> directories.  I'm sure this can be done with a simple script, 
> but I'm a programmer not a script writer. Anyone want to 
> point me to an existing script that does this, or write one for me?

Grab the -src for one of the packages that Chuck or I maintain - say
libxslt. There is a tar command in the .sh that filters out various
directories... I'm sure you can adapt it easily.

Rob