[ale] How to get hidden files into a tar archive?

[Fulton Green]

Would "tar cvzf filename.tar.gz ./dirname" suit your purposes?

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:03:01AM -0500, Benjamin Scherrey wrote:
> When I tar up a directory for backups I usually do something like "tar cvzf 
> filename.tar.gz dirname/*". Unfortunately, this does not get any of the 
> hidden files (prefixed with a '.') which I need this time. Can someone tell 
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