Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:00:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> Subject: Re: how do i scp .dotfiles?? Message-ID: <20100829200004.GB21994@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100829213459.ba11c3b8.freebsd@edvax.de> 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> <20100829213459.ba11c3b8.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 09:34:59PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:12:11 -0700, merlyn@stonehenge.com (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. :) > > The "problem" (i. e. a convention) is that .* is not part of *, > which includes everything else, even "nothing", and the > form *.* (that looks like the DOS equivalent of "all files") > does seem to omit .*; the spaced form * .* would work as it > contains * (which does not contain .*) and .* (not in *). :-) > ouvh, ouch, ouch!1 running away, pulling out my one remaining hair:) ...and now, no mo' mail until, oh, around 02:15 -g > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- 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
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