One of my old pet hates in Windoze is the default explorer setting to hide system files, which means you don't get everything when copying stuff.
In linux, a hidden a file or directory is anything that starts with a dot.
So, I want to take a copy of my ~/ (home, like windoze profile), hidden files and all.
cd
/home/tim
cp -r./* /mnt/otherhdd/stuff/timshome/
Look with ls -l, no hidden files. hrmm.
Only thing I could find was this:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-October/msg01760.html
cp -r
.??* /mnt/otherhdd/stuff/timshome/
Seems a bit clunky to me.
Anyone know a better way? Like cp -rh or summat.