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tar -vczfx123 ought to do it (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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img title="I don't know what's worse--the fact that after 15 years of using tar I still can't keep the flags straight, or that after 15 years of technological advancement I'm still mucking with tar flags that were 15 years old when I started."

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

tar

Done. That's a valid command, no error code, nothing. KISS!

[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (4 children)

false

tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
zsh: exit 2     tar

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

💥

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

OK now I have to escape to really smart assery and assume that's what I meant the whole time ;)

Edit code 2 describes something that went wrong - but that something telling you that it went wrong was the tar binary which therefor most have been valid to evaluate that!

Under no circumstances did I assume that the hint towards help itself would've been an exit code 0, no sir!

To be honest: if I'd designed that bomb it would've exploded in my face for trying to be too clever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

tar --help