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
