[CentOS] tar exclude question

[Tom H]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Rainer Traut <tr.ml at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am 15.03.2011 10:37, schrieb Luigi Rosa:
>>
>> It's a matter of personal taste, but I find more useful the -X (or
>> - --exclude-from) option
>
> Yes, personal taste, but in crontab confusing not seeing the excludes
> and besides that it has the same problem.

Not just personal taste. You might not see what's excluded in the
crontab but it works.