backup and hidden files in tar

[Aaron Gaudio]

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 13:45 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> true, since the example you initially showed claimed that tar picked 
> up hidden files, but it only did so since that hidden file was in a 
> subdirectory.
> 
> naturally, if you put that hidden file in the current directory and 
> back up based on ".", it's going to work.  that was my whole point.
> 
> i think we've flogged this sufficiently for one day.
> 

Ha ha, but of course tar will only pick up hidden files that you tell it
to or are in directories which you tell it. But you're right, now we're
just splitting hairs.