On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:48:57 -0500, Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:53:41 -0500, JIE wrote: > > > I want to create a gzip'ed tar archive of all my dot files for > > backup purposes but I can't figure out how to select only the > > dot files without also getting everything else in the folder. > > > > $ tar -cvf backup.tar.gz .* > > This seems to get everything in the folder; not good. > > I'm guessing by the .gz that you want it gzipped, but you're > missing the 'z' switch. Should be "tar cvfz".
Got questions to make this thread richer ... Q1: What if one wants to tar only the files and directories which are not hidden (i.e. no DOT files/directories)? Q2: How do you use the "cp" command to copy everything like "tar" does by default (i.e. for copying exact duplicate of a directory tree without tarring)? Thanks guys! =) Arys
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