@sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 years agoHow to write a 'tar' commandlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1860arrow-down117
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minus-square@sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilink30•edit-23 years ago You also don’t need the dash for the short options. True, but I refuse to entertain such a non-standard option format. It’s already enough to tolerate find’s.
minus-squareaardlinkfedilink17•3 years agoTechnically the notation with dashes is the non-standard one - the dash form is a GNU addition. A traditional tar on something like Solaris or HP-UX will throw an error if you try the dash notation.
minus-square@sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilink25•3 years agoIt’s also traditional to eat raw meat, but we discovered fire at some point.
minus-squareTheSaneWriterlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 years agoI like the dashes, they make the options look like options to me.
True, but I refuse to entertain such a non-standard option format. It’s already enough to tolerate
find’s.Technically the notation with dashes is the non-standard one - the dash form is a GNU addition. A traditional tar on something like Solaris or HP-UX will throw an error if you try the dash notation.
It’s also traditional to eat raw meat, but we discovered fire at some point.
Don’t try to take my raw ground pork away from me.
I got toxoplasmosis that way
That’s an audible “yuck” from me, man. Well done!
Looks like you Mett your match.
Can’t be well done if it’s raw.
I like the dashes, they make the options look like options to me.