I'm so baffled I had to ask – why this behaviour?

cd /var/www/html
tar czf ~/package.tgz admin/* api/* mobile/*

I do this, and the resulting package doesn't include a couple of hidden files – api/.htaccess and admin/.htaccess. However...

cd /var/www/html
tar czf ~/package.tgz *

This time the hidden .htaccess files are there.

Does anybody have enlightenment to offer as to why?

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

Could this be made easier by setting globstar or dotglob options, to include hidden files but not try to grab . and .. Directory files

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