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

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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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[-] Aganim@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

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