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?
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/40662/what-is-the-setting-in-bash-for-globbing-to-control-whether-matches-dot-files#40663