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linux tar exclude folders

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  1. # Exclude only root folders 'files' and 'misc'. Don't touch folders like 'new/files' etc.
  2. tar --exclude={myfolder/files,myfolder/misc} -cvjf testarch.tar.bz2 myfolder/

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