On Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:10:14 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > I'll gladly take any of them. One more thing; in this mode, you > *MUST* use a leading minus for "-cvzf". The lazy "cvzf" will *NOT* > work, and throws a misleading error message. See also my post to > Michael about the contents of the CACHEDIR.TAG file.
Ah, yes, the GNU Vs Unix syntax of tar options. I tend to use the "-" prefix on options, because I find the GNU style syntax can be quite nuanced. Search the man page for "Archive format selection" to get an idea.
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