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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[–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you all! Over 25 years on Linux and still new learnings to discover...

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