On Thu 1/19/2006 10:16 AM Paul wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I want to make a regular backup of my Maildir. > > Does anyone know how to tell tar to include all the hidden directories > inside ~/Maildir without adding all other hidden directories that it > finds? > > When I try > > tar cfvz x.tgz * .* > > tar will also add all ~/.* directories, and I don't want that to happen. > I can't figure out how to make this happen.
Just use . tar cfvz x.tgz . -larry ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
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