From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 29 19:54:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1BC610656AA for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:54:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B90D8FC14 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:54:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7TJsMNE023571; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:54:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:54:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:54:21 -0700 From: "'Gary Kline'" To: "Randal L. Schwartz" Message-ID: <20100829195421.GA21994@thought.org> References: <20100827170737.GA96063@thought.org> <26118_1282929673_4C77F409_26118_366_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B434999FDCA57D@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20100827211306.68e261be.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100828070231.GA98502@thought.org> <4C78E509.6020701@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100829010531.GA1471@thought.org> <86iq2tms2e.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20100829190747.GB4151@thought.org> <864oedkzck.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <864oedkzck.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Gary Gatten , Polytropon , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: how do i scp .dotfiles?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:54:30 -0000 On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:12:11PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "'Gary" == 'Gary Kline' 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... > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org