[solved] exclude userhome from mkstage4

[Elleni]

Is it possible to use mkstage4 but excluding a whole folder example userhome /home/ including subfolders? In help I read to not include /path/to/folder/* with -e option.

[Hu]

I am not familiar with this script, but from a basic review of its code, yes, passing -e will add a --exclude= to the invoked tar. Per tar rules, you can exclude a directory and everything below it, with a glob like the one you showed.

[Elleni]

Unfortunatelly it doesn't work, as stated in the help file:

[Hu]

You did not quote it, so your shell likely expanded it and confused the target script.

[Elleni]

Thanks Hu, that did the trick