tar -X

[Alistair Grant]

I'm attempting to exclude files in tar using the -X option, however it appears
that tar is still attempting to at least stat the file.  The command is:

tar czf /e/backup/profile.tar.gz -X /e/bin/backup.dat alistair

backup.dat contains:

alistair/NTUSER.DAT
./alistair/NTUSER.DAT
NTUSER.DAT
*UsrClass.dat
*UsrClass.dat.LOG
*NTUSER.DAT
*NTUSER.DAT.LOG


And tar returns:

tar: alistair/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat:
Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: alistair/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Windows/UsrClass.dat.LOG:
Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: alistair/NTUSER.DAT: Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: alistair/NTUSER.DAT.LOG: Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

The reason this is a problem is that I'm running tar in a script and would like
to check for errors, however it is always returning an error at the moment.


Is there a way to exclude files that are open without this type of error?


Thanks,

Alistair.

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