how to exlude certain directory from grep search path

From: H. S. (g_reate_xcalibur_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/30/05 

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:25:05 -0400

Hi,

I am trying to find all files that contain a certain string using grep
recursively:
$> grep -v -r --exclude=dirN/* --include=*.php -e pdf

So I am searching for "pdf" string in all *.php files recursively in the
current directory. However, there is a directory that I want to exclude
from the search path:
./dirbase/dirN

I do not want grep to look in "dirN" at all. How do I do that? The
command above doesn't work to exlude everthing under "dirN".

thanks,
->HS 

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