Weird bug in 'tar' not including files named .__init__.py
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Published on 2010-03-15T00:22:13Z
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Does anyone know why tar is not including files named .__init__.py (note the dot)?
$ mkdir /tmp/work && cd /tmp/work
$ mkdir foo
$ touch foo/.__init__.py
$ touch foo/.namespace__init__.py
$ tar czf foo.tar.gz foo
$ mkdir e && mv foo.tar.gz e/ && cd e/
$ tar zxf foo.tar.gz
$ ls -al foo/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 sridharr wheel 102 14 Mar 17:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 sridharr wheel 136 14 Mar 17:17 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 sridharr wheel 0 14 Mar 17:16 .namespace__init__.py
$
$ echo ".__init__.py file is missing. WTF? This is OSX 10.6"
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