LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1881arrow-down1imageOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square157fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up147·8 months agoIn the true spirit of UNIX, it’s tar -h
minus-square0x4E4FlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-28 months agoGNU switched to long command switches a while ago. Try bsdtar, it’s still just -h. They kept the short ones for the actual extract/compress commands though, for compatibility reasons I presume.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoNope, tar spec doesn’t say anything about a help message. The man spec OTOH requires at least syntax documentation for all standard utilities to be present on the system.
In the true spirit of UNIX, it’s
tar -hF
It’s
tar --helpon my system 💥GNU switched to long command switches a while ago. Try bsdtar, it’s still just -h.
They kept the short ones for the actual extract/compress commands though, for compatibility reasons I presume.
tar -?,-his dereference or smth.Nope, tar spec doesn’t say anything about a help message. The man spec OTOH requires at least syntax documentation for all standard utilities to be present on the system.