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• Jan 18, 2007

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I'm sure I'm overlooking something really simple, but I'm trying to tar up a large folder on a Linux system. The folder includes lots of files with a filename starting with .
The . files aren't included in the archive. How do I ensure they are included?
It's GNU tar BTW.
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• Jan 19, 2007

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Are you using User GUI? or the Command Line?.

If using command line:

tar -cvvf files.tar myfiles/

or if that misses them out try:

tar -cvvf files.tar myfiles/.*

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?tar

Just out of interest what distro you using?.

 

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• Jan 19, 2007

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this any help?

 

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• Jan 19, 2007

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Thanks dave, that's really helped
Chris - command line of course!
Your first suggestion is what I was doing, but that doesn't include the . files.
Your second suggestion would include ONLY the . files.

Having thought about it, I'll give tar -cvzf mylovelytarfile.tar.gz * .*

If I include both selection lists, maybe that will do the trick.
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hmallett said:

Thanks dave, that's really helped
Chris - command line of course!
Your first suggestion is what I was doing, but that doesn't include the . files.
Your second suggestion would include ONLY the . files.

Having thought about it, I'll give tar -cvzf mylovelytarfile.tar.gz * .*

If I include both selection lists, maybe that will do the trick.
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Yep just a case of getting the right syntax.

 

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not helpful in the slightest, but if i got the Motivational poster, i gotta post it