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?

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    20 hours ago

    This is potentially a great ‘weeder’ question for junior Unix admin interviews, as it requires some knowledge about shell globbing and tar dir traversal.

    I admit it took me a sec (and a second read) before I got it, so it was a fun “hey what” exercise.

    Excellent question.

    • neclimdul@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 hours ago

      Dang as soon as you said globbing I realized what had happened but didn’t see it right away either