Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.ml•tar -vczfx123 ought to do it
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8 months agoNope - it was Unix not Linux. The minus makes the command invalid on many Unix versions of tar (though most modern BSD versions allow it)
Nope - it was Unix not Linux. The minus makes the command invalid on many Unix versions of tar (though most modern BSD versions allow it)
Sorry, it was Solaris - you just blew it up (the minus is invalid on many Unix versions of tar)
That wasn’t luck - it was best practice backup strategy.