Ummm, don't know if you refer to something like this: (using bash) $ > tar czf MyBackup.tar.gz $(find somePath -name "*" | grep -v "not_This_File not_This_Other ...") The $(codeInside) just run "code_inside" and it's output is used as it typewritted manually. You can use intermediate temporary files if you wan to do further proccessing. The "find" command is standard in any Linux/Unix distro and has many really usefull parameters. Have a look at the man page. --- Wojtek Malinski <wmalinski@yahoo.com> escribió: > Hi,
I'm looking for a script or a tool that would allow me to backup chosen directories and some but not all files in them (some of my files are just too big to back up and can be easily reproduced from the scripts).
Thanks for your help, Wojtek
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