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Subject: Re: how do i scp .dotfiles??
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>>>>> "'Gary" == 'Gary Kline' <kline@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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