On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 20:24 +0200, Thomas Neumann wrote: > Hello dear list > > This is just a small word of caution. Please do not: > > cd /srv/fai/nfsroot > tar czf /tmp/fai-nfsroot[...].tar.gz *
An all-inclusive alternative that works in most cases is tar czf /tmp/fai-nfsroot[...].tar.gz . The "." instead of "*" adds an extra "./" to the beginning of all filenames, which may be undesirable in some cases, and the mode and ownership of "." may change upon unpacking, but for just moving a whole tree around, as the same user (typically root), it works fine and includes all the dot-files. Toomas
