[ale] backup copy /home/user

[jasonday at worldnet.att.net (Jason Day)]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 01:29:42PM -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Try archiving the data first.  Use 
> tar cvzpf home-user.tar.gz /home/user/*

The "*" at the end will not match any files beginning in ".", causing
the tar command to exclude any file or directory in /home/user that
begins with a ".".  Use
    tar cvzpf home-user.tar.gz /home/user
instead.

Jason
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