tar all files (including hidden files)

[leonstr]

Slightly O/T as a pure UNIX question but how do you create a tar that includes hidden files?

Everytime I move from a test installation to a release installation of Fedora I back up my home dir (tar -czvf /tmp/home.tar.gz /home/user1) but always lose my email in the .evolution folder.

This time I've remebered about the hidden folders but can't see how to do this.

And whilst I'm on: why doesn't "find /home/user1 | tar -czvf home.tar.gz" work?

Thanks in advance,

Leon...

[exe]

find /home/user1 | tar -czvf home.tar.gz -T -

ps. How comes that .evolution is not in archive with simple tar zcvf? Should be in.
pps. To make life easier, use storix.

[leonstr]

Ah! You're right I was doing tar -czvf /tmp/home.tar.gz /home/user1/*

Thanks for your post!

[kg4cbk]

Originally Posted by leonstr

Ah! You're right I was doing tar -czvf /tmp/home.tar.gz /home/user1/*

Thanks for your post!

* does not include . (dot) files/directories. /home/user1 should have done the trick or if you had added /home/user1/.*