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tar -vczfx123 ought to do it (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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img title="I don't know what's worse--the fact that after 15 years of using tar I still can't keep the flags straight, or that after 15 years of technological advancement I'm still mucking with tar flags that were 15 years old when I started."

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

tar --help is a valid command

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For GNU tar it is, for any other version I would not be so sure. Especially when disabling an atomic bomb.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

More of a request than a command, I'd have argued

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

I command you to show me the manual