-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rainer Traut said the following on 15/03/11 10:25: > This always sends me an unwanted email with: > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names Redirect the stdout/stderr to some file: tar cvzf /mnt/mybackup.tgz /foo /bar > /var/log/backup 2> /var/log/backuperrors > Because the exclude pattern matches under dir1 my important File is not > backed up. The problem is, I cannot specify the exclude pattern to match > only /tmp/foo/dir2 , can I? It's a matter of personal taste, but I find more useful the -X (or - --exclude-from) option Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1/M3EACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZQuRQCgk7Qy9TZPmBCTaDhGlUTogABg kF0AoJdhL41XdA0UUrlUfhHmXi6umRSF =IvTi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----