How to write a 'tar' command - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    Are zip and 7z really that much easier?

    tar cf foo.tar.xz wherever/
    zip -r foo.zip wherever/
    7z a foo.7z wherever/
    

    I get that tar needs an f for no-longer-relevant reasons whereas other tools don’t, but I never understood the meme about it beyond that. Is c for “create” really that much worse than a for “add”?