Phil wrote on Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 06:24:16PM +1000 :
> 
> Is it possible to archive hidden files with tar? This how I created a backup, 
> and hidden files are not included.
> tar cjf archive.tar.bz2 *

Assuming you were in /home/phil:

cd /home
tar cjf archive.tar.bz2 phil

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