this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2024
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tar --rfx

Welpi failed. R isn't valid in this context.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shit r was mine too. Thought it was recursive

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

r adds files to an existing compressed file.

So we are saying add a file (r), target this file (t), extract this file (x)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you for that insight :)