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tar - Guest - 2004-10-20
if i have a directory with many *.conf files, and i also in the same directory have other files that end with *.tar and *.gz. And i want to compress all files in that directory execpt the allready compresed files like *.tar and *.gz
tar cf funnet.tar * except ?
also how can i find files that have not been modified in like 1 year ? i know there is atime fuction, but what should i use when we speak of years.. ?
-knut
tar - deraj - 2004-10-20
man find!
;)
tar - Guest - 2004-10-20
well i have tried, can you show me then :)
knut
tar - z0ny - 2004-10-20
Why don't you just use 'tar -cf funnet.tar --exclude '*.tar' --exclude '*.gz' *' and 'find /directory ! -mtime -365 -print' (assuming the year has 365 days)? :)
z0ny