▲ 887 ▼ Old XKCD, still relevant (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago by LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck
[–] m4@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) I just can recall tar xvzf but can't even remember what it's supposed to do. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) eXtract, Verbose, gZip, File. Not sure why it doesn’t need the dash though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] d00phy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) The dash used to be how to could tell how long someone had been using tar. If they started with Linux, they probably use a dash. If they started on a UNIX variant, they probably don’t. Either way, the dash isn’t needed. Also recently learned that recent versions of tar will autodetect compression. So for extraction, you just need “tar xf “ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Sacrilege. permalink fedilink source parent [–] r4venw@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago I always learnt it as Xtract Zee File and to make a tar ball, you want to Compress Zee File permalink fedilink source parent [–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago tar doesn’t need dashes because it’s weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) eXtract, Verbose, gZip, File. Not sure why it doesn’t need the dash though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] d00phy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) The dash used to be how to could tell how long someone had been using tar. If they started with Linux, they probably use a dash. If they started on a UNIX variant, they probably don’t. Either way, the dash isn’t needed. Also recently learned that recent versions of tar will autodetect compression. So for extraction, you just need “tar xf “ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Sacrilege. permalink fedilink source parent [–] r4venw@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago I always learnt it as Xtract Zee File and to make a tar ball, you want to Compress Zee File permalink fedilink source parent [–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago tar doesn’t need dashes because it’s weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) The dash used to be how to could tell how long someone had been using tar. If they started with Linux, they probably use a dash. If they started on a UNIX variant, they probably don’t. Either way, the dash isn’t needed. Also recently learned that recent versions of tar will autodetect compression. So for extraction, you just need “tar xf “ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Sacrilege. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r4venw@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago I always learnt it as Xtract Zee File and to make a tar ball, you want to Compress Zee File permalink fedilink source parent
[–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago tar doesn’t need dashes because it’s weird. permalink fedilink source parent
