SHELL

tar exclude directory

$ tar --exclude='./folder' --exclude='./upload/folder2' -zcvf /backup/filename.tgz .

tar exclude directory

tar -cvf backup.tar --exclude="public_html/template/cache" public_html/

tar exclude directories from a File

tar -cvf backup.tar --exclude="log" --exclude="cache" public_heml/

tar exclude directories from a File

tar -cvf backup.tar -X exclude_directory.txt public_html/