Re: Guide / Tools
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 10:50 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 10:36 +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote:
> > > To read about globbing is very important. Simply using wildcards could
> > > cause serious issues.
> > What is globbing, and which issues can cause wildcards?
>
> $ touch .test test
> $ ls -A
> test .test
> $ rm *
> $ ls -A
> .test
>
> So for a backup hidden files won't be copied.
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+globbing
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> PS: Please reply to the list only.
PPS: And now use the asterisk and delete or copy a folder including
hidden files. The hidden files won't be ignored any more.
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