backup and hidden files in tar
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at mindspring.com
Thu Jul 22 16:48:32 UTC 2004
>>> J.L. Coenders wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> How do I include backup and hidden files in my tar archives? I want a
>>>> complete backup of my home directory, including all settings.
do the backup relative to the current directory. go to the directory
in question and:
$ tar cvf mybackup.tar . (not "*", but ".")
that will pick up everything, including hidden thingies that start
with "." in the current directory.
one warning, though. if you do this, the contents of the archive will
appear, not as:
file
file
file
but as:
./file
./file
./file
and you have to extract them that way as well. GNU tar is stupidly
literal, and if you ask for "file" instead of "./file", it will go
"huh?".
rday
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