From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@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?