[ale] XKCD

[Richard Bronosky]

Yeah I didn't relate either. To me tar with files or streams is first
nature. Now zip and rar on Unix, that would probably get me blown up.

Why can you not unzip streams!?!?
e.g.
curl http://example.com/file.zip -O; unzip file.zip
Versus
curl http://example.com/file.tar.gz | tar zxf -
On Feb 4, 2013 4:27 PM, "Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

Wolf, I think that would have to be:
tar xzvf pleasedon\'tthrowmeinthatbriarpatch.tar.gz
;-)

I'm not sure I get the xkcd joke. Is the implication that tar is hard to
use or something? Or most Unix people need to consult Google to correctly
type in a tar command? I know it's been a while, but tar was one of the
first Unix commands I learned, and I still use it quite frequently. Lots of
stuff comes packaged in tar files, at least in the circles I'm in. Sure,
more often these days you pull code with git, but tar usage is still very
common for me.

Scott
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*From: *"William Bagwell" <rb211 at tds.net>
*To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
*Sent: *Sunday, February 3, 2013 5:29:13 AM
*Subject: *Re: [ale] XKCD


On Sunday 03 February 2013, Wolf Halton wrote:
> tar xzvf somefile.tar.gz
> 3 seconds

tar xzvf pleasedon'tthrowmeinthatbriarpatch.tar.gz

Takes a bit longer but proves your an old fart:)
-- 
Wiliam
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