how do i scp .dotfiles??
Randal L. Schwartz
merlyn at stonehenge.com
Sun Aug 29 19:12:12 UTC 2010
>>>>> "'Gary" == 'Gary Kline' <kline at thought.org> writes:
>> There's a big difference between:
>>
>> cd $HOME && gtar cfz /tmp/xx.tgz . # should get everything
>>
>> and
>>
>> cd $HOME && gtar cfz /tmp/xx.tgz * # will miss all the dotfiles
>>
>> Did you do the latter, by chance?
'Gary> Sure. my default is the asterisk.
Well, there's your problem. Sometimes, you have to actually think
about what you're doing. :)
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