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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How to write a 'tar' command (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] anteaters@feddit.de -5 points 1 year ago (24 children)

tar is just the worst shell command in existence. Why do people still bother with it?

[–] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (20 children)

What do you use instead?

[–] anteaters@feddit.de -3 points 1 year ago (17 children)

I avoid it and use zip or 7z if I can. But for some crazy reason some people stil insist on using that garbage tool and I have no idea why.

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Are zip and 7z really that much easier?

tar cf foo.tar.xz wherever/
zip -r foo.zip wherever/
7z a foo.7z wherever/

I get that tar needs an f for no-longer-relevant reasons whereas other tools don't, but I never understood the meme about it beyond that. Is c for "create" really that much worse than a for "add"?

[–] anteaters@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

7z x to extract makes sense. unzip even more. No need for crazy mnemonics or colorful explanation images. It's complete nonsense that people are ok with that.

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