On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Ola Theander wrote: > Hi Mike. > > My tar line looks like this: tar zcvf dest-file source-dirs > > /Ola >
That's rather strange, because when i do a: tar zcvf test.tar /home/mdresser, I get all my dot files in the tar file Sounds like something specific to your distribution/version of tar. what does tar --version say?, and which distro? Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs