GNU Info

(tar.info)Choosing

---

Next: Date input formats Prev: Backups Up: Top

---

Enter node , (file) or (file)node

Choosing Files and Names for `tar'
**********************************

     _(This message will disappear, once this node revised.)_

   Certain options to `tar' enable you to specify a name for your
archive.  Other options let you decide which files to include or exclude
from the archive, based on when or whether files were modified, whether
the file names do or don't match specified patterns, or whether files
are in specified directories.

file

Choosing the Archive's Name

Selecting Archive Members

files

Reading Names from a File

exclude

Excluding Some Files

Wildcards

after

Operating Only on New Files

recurse

Descending into Directories

one

Crossing Filesystem Boundaries