jKILLSPAM.schipper@math.uu.nl wrote:

> Are you certain you did not do tar -czpf home.tar.gz /home/joe/*? This
> would function as you described... (use /home/joe/{,.}* for a quick way
> to express 'and dotfiles' in the shell, or just use /home/joe).
>
> Joachim

That's exactly what I did.

As is often the case, when I did it your way, it worked the way it was
supposed to.

Thanks again.