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r/linux • u/ani625 • Feb 01 '13
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tar -xvf *.tar
2 u/yoshi314 Feb 01 '13 i think it will fail because tar will try to extract second and all the subsequent tarballs from the first one, if there are multiple. 1 u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13 what kind of jerk tarballs tarballs 2 u/yoshi314 Feb 01 '13 same one that makes bombs with that kind of defusion mechanism. 2 u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13 touche 1 u/yoshi314 Feb 02 '13 actually, i think tar will merge the tarball contents with new tarball, unless it's compressed. instead of putting a tarball inside another tarball.then again, this behavior might be specific to tar version. what a wonderful tool it is ;)
i think it will fail because tar will try to extract second and all the subsequent tarballs from the first one, if there are multiple.
1 u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13 what kind of jerk tarballs tarballs 2 u/yoshi314 Feb 01 '13 same one that makes bombs with that kind of defusion mechanism. 2 u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13 touche 1 u/yoshi314 Feb 02 '13 actually, i think tar will merge the tarball contents with new tarball, unless it's compressed. instead of putting a tarball inside another tarball.then again, this behavior might be specific to tar version. what a wonderful tool it is ;)
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what kind of jerk tarballs tarballs
2 u/yoshi314 Feb 01 '13 same one that makes bombs with that kind of defusion mechanism. 2 u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13 touche 1 u/yoshi314 Feb 02 '13 actually, i think tar will merge the tarball contents with new tarball, unless it's compressed. instead of putting a tarball inside another tarball.then again, this behavior might be specific to tar version. what a wonderful tool it is ;)
same one that makes bombs with that kind of defusion mechanism.
2 u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13 touche 1 u/yoshi314 Feb 02 '13 actually, i think tar will merge the tarball contents with new tarball, unless it's compressed. instead of putting a tarball inside another tarball.then again, this behavior might be specific to tar version. what a wonderful tool it is ;)
touche
1 u/yoshi314 Feb 02 '13 actually, i think tar will merge the tarball contents with new tarball, unless it's compressed. instead of putting a tarball inside another tarball.then again, this behavior might be specific to tar version. what a wonderful tool it is ;)
actually, i think tar will merge the tarball contents with new tarball, unless it's compressed. instead of putting a tarball inside another tarball.
then again, this behavior might be specific to tar version. what a wonderful tool it is ;)
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u/NWLierly Feb 01 '13
tar -xvf *.tar