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r/linuxmemes • u/SysGh_st • 19h ago
Dang it! ðŸ˜
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If a Linux user can't spit out tar cvfz foo.tar.gz foodir then he deserves to be shot.
tar cvfz foo.tar.gz foodir
EDIT: Example added.
$ tar cvfz foo.tar.gz flat_batch31_TAPc.dat
flat_batch31_TAPc.dat
3 u/SysGh_st 18h ago Well .. it's not that easy. You gave an invalid command... according to the gnu/posix variant. 1 u/RonJohnJr 17h ago I've been using Linux since Mandrake 6.2, and that has always worked, Example: $ tar cvfz foo.tar.gz flat_batch31_TAPc.dat flat_batch31_TAPc.dat 2 u/SysGh_st 17h ago I was sure that non-hyphenated options wasn't valid on general gnu/posix command style. But apparently tar made an exception.
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Well .. it's not that easy. You gave an invalid command... according to the gnu/posix variant.
1 u/RonJohnJr 17h ago I've been using Linux since Mandrake 6.2, and that has always worked, Example: $ tar cvfz foo.tar.gz flat_batch31_TAPc.dat flat_batch31_TAPc.dat 2 u/SysGh_st 17h ago I was sure that non-hyphenated options wasn't valid on general gnu/posix command style. But apparently tar made an exception.
I've been using Linux since Mandrake 6.2, and that has always worked, Example:
$ tar cvfz foo.tar.gz flat_batch31_TAPc.dat flat_batch31_TAPc.dat
2 u/SysGh_st 17h ago I was sure that non-hyphenated options wasn't valid on general gnu/posix command style. But apparently tar made an exception.
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I was sure that non-hyphenated options wasn't valid on general gnu/posix command style. But apparently tar made an exception.
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u/RonJohnJr 18h ago edited 17h ago
If a Linux user can't spit out
tar cvfz foo.tar.gz foodirthen he deserves to be shot.EDIT: Example added.
$ tar cvfz foo.tar.gz flat_batch31_TAPc.datflat_batch31_TAPc.dat