On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 11:17:06PM -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote: > Please wrap your text. (my apologies...it's on my list of projects. i use vi. the posts i see for this issue seem to be for vim. (anyone know how to line wrap in _vi_?)) > > q wrote: > > > [...] i've become interested in backing up my /home/foo directory (by: > > tar cvzf <backup_file_name>.tar.gz *). > > > > i've noticed that such backup does not include my /home/foo/.* > > (hidden) files, like .muttrc.... > > $ man bash > [...] > When a pattern is used for pathname expansion, the character ``.'' at > the start of a name or immediately following a slash must be matched > explicitly, > [...] > > Try "echo *" to see this in action-- it won't list your . files. > > Try this to create a complete archive of your home directory: > > $ tar cvzf backup.tar.gz /home/foo
ah, yes...works, like a charm. thx. > > Finally, if you're kernel is panic-ing a lot, try mounting all your > filesystems with the "sync" option to reduce the severity of the fs > corruption. > i'll get on this later today. thx, again for the info. bentley taylor. //
