Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:54:21 -0700 From: "'Gary Kline'" <kline@thought.org> To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> Cc: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how do i scp .dotfiles?? Message-ID: <20100829195421.GA21994@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <864oedkzck.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> 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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 12:12:11PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "'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. :) > 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 > <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; > 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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20100829195421.GA21994>