- An archive holds what tar was given: a whole directory comes with its hidden files, the
*pattern comes without them. tar -tfshows the paths before unpacking, and each file lands in the-Cdirectory along its own path.- Restore into a separate directory and compare the copy with the archive using
tar -df; whoever unpacks becomes the owner of the unpacked files. - The nightly archive was built without errors, yet
.releasewas not in it: the script handed tar theapp/*pattern instead of the directory itself.
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