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

submitted 9 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

Nope - it was Unix not Linux. The minus makes the command invalid on many Unix versions of tar (though most modern BSD versions allow it)

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

Gonna blow up then I guess

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