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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> I typed:
> tar -cvf temp.tar * --exclude-from=FILE
> 
> Into FILE I put the following:
> /windows
> /progr~1
> /mymusi~1
> /putty

I did something similar, except I did not put / at the 
beginning of the directory names.

> I thought linux treated directories the same as files.

It does.

> It showed a long list of them onscreen.  Maybe it was 
> listing the files it did NOT include first?

No, if it's listed on the screen, it goes into the 
archive.

> What is a globbing pattern?  Does this mean I could 
> use wildcards as well as file names

Yes.

> The busybox tar may do the same things 

The busybox tar did -X and --exclude exactly as I
expected.  However, when I tried the same commands
with the full tar, it didn't work (for some reason
I haven't figured out).

> but the --help file did not mention anything about X 

The BL2 busybox and BL3 busybox both have the -X
parameter for tar; however, only BL2 mentions it
in --help

> Can I use lilo to boot to DOS or Bl3, and when in DOS 
> use loadlin to boot to another linux?

Yes.


Cheers,
Steven

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