On Jul 03, 07 08:21:45 -0400, ken wrote:
The "tar" command isn't good to use for cloning, or even most backups. It skips so-called "hidden" files, those whose filenames begin with a period.
tar includes hidden files.
Somebody should add in an option to tar so these are included... would be a major improvement. This info should at least be included in the tar manpage.
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