Zip folder exclude some folders

Question

I'm trying to backup my www-folder but hidden folders like .config inside www are added to the backup. I want to exclude the folder "backups" and all folders (and files) starting with a dot.

The problem is that it copies all the hidden folders like .config to the zip-file.

Current code:

zip -r /var/www/backups/site/$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d-\%H-\%M).zip /var/www -x "*backups*" "*.*" "*/.*"

Answer 1

这应该为您工作。

zip -r --exclude=*backups* --exclude=*/.* /var/www/backups/site/$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d-\%H-\%M).zip /var/www

Answer 2

Use a linux find command with an exclude flag, then pipe it into zip.

The following command will exclude all paths under the current directory containing the keywords "backups" or files with "/." in the path and then pipe the files into zip.

    find . | grep -v "\(backups\|/\.\)" | xargs zip archive.zip