Copying hidden files

[Georgi Kourtev]

On Tuesday 17 November 2009 09:20:23 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > What is the best way to backup the home directory?  I found quite a few
> > options over the internet, but not sure what is the easiest.
> > gk
> 
> In my opinion rsync is best. Dolphin and Konqueror have a bug where
> they write the wrong file datetime when copying file to remote
> directories. If you can't find it on BKO, I can dig up a link.
> 
I got it in the repository. It looks running through terminal though, right?  
And it is more copying files through a remote location.  I'd rather need 
something simpler - backing up /home in attached to the PC external hard disk.
gk