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# get top level text files and other potentially important items...
-&backup_files($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, ".", ("*.html", "*.txt", "makefile*"));
+&backup_files($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, ".", ("*.html", "*.txt", "makefile*", ".bashrc", ".bash_history"));
# gather any directories in our home that match these often recurring patterns.
&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "crucial");