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How to write a 'tar' command
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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taris just the worst shell command in existence. Why do people still bother with it?What do you use instead?
I avoid it and use zip or 7z if I can. But for some crazy reason some people stil insist on using that garbage tool and I have no idea why.
Are zip and 7z really that much easier?
I get that
tarneeds anffor no-longer-relevant reasons whereas other tools don't, but I never understood the meme about it beyond that. Iscfor "create" really that much worse thanafor "add"?7z xto extract makes sense.unzipeven more. No need for crazy mnemonics or colorful explanation images. It's complete nonsense that people are ok with that.