how do i scp .dotfiles??

['Gary Kline']

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:12:11PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "'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. :)
> 

LOL!  man, when i get into hackery mode--especially playing at being a
system admin-- i just go into autopilot.  well, live and learn.

this stuff has been a good reminder.  hope it helps a few others 
listmembers.  (FWIW,I actually did find the dot vs asterisk note in a
old howto file.  i dont know if i ought to fess up, but i am.)

here's another fwiw before i really launch: it pays to do a du from
$HOME  every few [n] months.  i'm finding so much unused crud, e.g.
~/.wine from 2004, that my drive is going to weigh a few pounds less...




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