sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHow to write a 'tar' commandlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down111
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minus-squareMaoo [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down7·1 year agoNo no it’s this: Decide you’ve gotta use tar. man tar Guess-and-check the flags until it seems to work. Immediately forget the flags.
minus-squarebahmanm@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThat was my case until I discovered that GNU tar has got a pretty decent online manual - it’s way better written than the manpage. I rarely forget the options nowadays even though I dont’ use tar that frequently.
No no it’s this:
Decide you’ve gotta use tar.
man tarGuess-and-check the flags until it seems to work.
Immediately forget the flags.
That was my case until I discovered that GNU tar has got a pretty decent online manual - it’s way better written than the manpage. I rarely forget the options nowadays even though I dont’ use
tarthat frequently.