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Yanan
Yanan

Reputation: 13

Linux tar command ignore files which permission denied

I encountered an issue when I tar a directory. There is a backup file in one of the sub directory created by another user and it doesn't allow other user to read. so my tar command was failed.

My question is: Can I ignore this file (actually this file is not important) and tar the rest of the files/directories?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5381

Answers (2)

bansi
bansi

Reputation: 57002

From Gnu tar manual:

To avoid operating on files whose names match a particular pattern, use the --exclude or --exclude-from options.

--exclude=pattern Causes tar to ignore files that match the pattern.

so you can use

tar --exclude='your_file_to_exclude'

Upvotes: 2

neilyalowitz
neilyalowitz

Reputation: 61

You can globally ignore read failures with some tar distros.

       --ignore-failed-read
          Do not exit with nonzero on unreadable files.

Upvotes: 4

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