How to Create tar Archive excluding some Files & Directories

Above command will archive all files and directories under public_html directory except files/folders named cache and create a archive file named webfiles.tar.gz.

Examples

• Create archive of all files under public_html directory ignoring all files and folders including text backup in there named

  # tar czf webfiles.tar.gz --exclude "*backup*" public_html
  

• Create archive of all files under htttdocs directory ignoring .svn or .git files and directories.

  # tar czf httpdocs.tar.gz --exclude ".svn" --exclude ".git" httpdocs
  

• Create archive of all files under htttdocs directory ignoring all files and directories starting with dot ( . ) (hidden files).

  # tar czf httpdocs.tar.gz --exclude ".*" httpdocs