LINUX - Need help with tar command
Hi,
I need some help with a tar command in linux.
I need to backup the contents of a folder, but also need to exclude some directories.
My directory structure.
home
>files
>names
>recordings
>laps
>>reside
>>receipe
>>koling
>hello
I need to tar the whole home directory, but exclude all the whole "recordings" directory, and also in the "lap" directory, I only need the files in it, but not the directories. Note that the directories in the laps folder are auto-generated and have different names, and the amounts of subdirectories are random aswell.
What's the most efficient way of doing this with a tar command?
I need some help with a tar command in linux.
I need to backup the contents of a folder, but also need to exclude some directories.
My directory structure.
home
>files
>names
>recordings
>laps
>>reside
>>receipe
>>koling
>hello
I need to tar the whole home directory, but exclude all the whole "recordings" directory, and also in the "lap" directory, I only need the files in it, but not the directories. Note that the directories in the laps folder are auto-generated and have different names, and the amounts of subdirectories are random aswell.
What's the most efficient way of doing this with a tar command?