On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 07:06:11AM -0800, adrian kok wrote: > Hi > > I have problem in tar command > > Can you help? > > tar -cv --exclude /var/named/chroot/proc/* -zf backup.tar.gz /var/named You must escape the *, so that shell doesn't convert the command to: tar -cv --exclude /var/named/chroot/proc/1 /var/named/chroot/proc/2 ... Use: tar -cv --exclude /var/named/chroot/proc/\* -zf backup.tar.gz /var/named Or just --exclude proc? -- lfr 0/0 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100107/9bf7a02f/attachment-0005.sig>