[ale] backup copy /home/user

[James P. Kinney III]

On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 10:23, Jason Day wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 01:29:42PM -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Try archiving the data first.  Use 
> > tar cvzpf home-user.tar.gz /home/user/*
> 
> The "*" at the end will not match any files beginning in ".", causing
> the tar command to exclude any file or directory in /home/user that
> begins with a ".".  Use
>     tar cvzpf home-user.tar.gz /home/user
> instead.

<homer> DOH! </homer>

Thanks! The * would have really FUBAR'd the process.
> 
> Jason
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