________________________________ From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 12:29 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick
> cd /path/to/dir/you/want/to/copy/ > tar --exclude=file_that_should_not_be_copied -czf > /pa/th/backup_file.bak.tar.gz * .hidden_file The asterisk * is appended to backup_file.bak.tar.gz or .hidden_file? What is .hidden_file? > You should read some howtos about shell globbing, before you write data to an > archive. > You should read some howtos about how to use tar, e.g. how to restore data > from the archive. Where is a reliable source for such info for Debian platform?
