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    • DefederateLemmyMl
      49•7 months ago

      Depends. Is it GNU tar, BSD tar or some old school Unix tar?

      Double hyphen “long options” are a typical GNU thing.

        • DefederateLemmyMlEnglish
          11•7 months ago

          Yes, the terse Unix version, which needs to be supported for compatibility, and the more readable GNU long option

        • DefederateLemmyMlEnglish
          35•7 months ago
          ~# tar -h
tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
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