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-long = -l -o -n -g was probably a mistake. But then again, tar xvzf should have been called untar, so it’s not like there are a shortage of opinions and histor
by sillysaurusx 6y ago
-long = -l -o -n -g was probably a mistake. But then again, tar xvzf should have been called untar, so it’s not like there are a shortage of opinions and historical mistakes.
- necovek 6y agoHow would one call tar `xvjf` then?
- lightbulbjim 6y agoYou can just call ‘tar xvf’ and it will detect the compression format.
- necovek 6y agoMy question was about how "tar xvzf" should be called "untar". Your reply might still make sense (i.e. untar could automagically figure it out), but I was highlighting how tar/untar today also means (de)compressing that tar archive using many different compression formats.
- nicoburns 6y agoIt should probably be `untar --format gzip`