Re: [newbie] Tar options

[Andy Goth]

> well tar include dot files by default. But you should not do:
>   cd ~ ; tar cfz /tmp/backup.tgz *
> but
>   cd ~ ; tar cfz /tmp/backup.tgz .

I'm pretty sure this wildcard string will expand to be *all* files--dot
or otherwise.

[.]*

"." alone... it looks like it would only match a file called simply "."