How can I compact directory except specific folder?

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Need with SSH to compact a directory except a specific folder within that directory.

  • briefcase: /public_html

  • except for: /public_html/wp-content/uploads/Vista/

How can I perform this operation? I performed a command that was actually deleting the files from except for but that’s not what I want.

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Use the argument --exclude of command tar:

tar -pczf public_html.tar.gz /public_html/ --exclude "/public_html/wp-content/uploads/Vista"

  • This will not delete the files from /View right?

  • No. It will delete the files only from the compressed file.

  • I cannot delete the files.

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    @Marcosvinicius he meant it will not add to the compressed when said "It will delete the files only from the compressed file"

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    Rest assured. The argument --exclude refers to the command tar, has nothing to do with the file system or anything like that.

  • And when I use zip ?

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You can use the parameter --exclude of tar to compress everything but the specified directory/file.

Example with bzip2 compression:

tar jcvf arquivo.tar.bz2 --exclude="/public_html/wp-content/uploads/Vista/" /public_html

  • This will not delete the files from /View right?

  • @Marcosvinicius No. The parameter exclude serves for you to specify files that will be ignored for tar, that is, at the time of compression, these files will not be included.

  • And when it’s ZIP ?

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