Exclude hidden files/folders from backup

Longman, Bill yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Mar 26 10:33:05 2004


> 	[ken@byteme ken]$ find ./ -name ".*" > dot-files

Good advice, Ken, but I have found ".*" less than useful in many other
situations. I usually use ".??*" instead, then you won't get "." or "..".
This can have serious ramifications when used with chmod or chown, for
instance....