> I'm trying to tar up the contents of an OpenBSD system and I wanted to > know if there's a way to make tar skip a directory or a file > > For instance: > > > tar czfv /tmp/backup.tgz / > > I want to skip that /tmp directory so it doesn't spit out an error when > it's finished. > > Any ideas? find / -path '/tmp/backup.tgz' -prune -o -print | cpio -ozv -H tar -O bacckup.tgz David S.