Using tar comand to achive range of files

[knyam]

Hie

Is there a way in which you can use tar command to archive a range of files?

I would want to archive all directories except those starting with c*. i.e achive files from a to b and d to z.

how best can this be done?

 

[Annihilannic]

Something like this perhaps (assuming these directories are in the current working directory)?

tar cvf /tmp/archive.tar [!c]*

Annihilannic.

 

[knyam]

It has worked. Thank you.