[ale] XKCD

[Scott Plante]

Oops, should have addressed that cheeky comment to William, not Wolf. Got snagged on the quoted text. Sorry. 

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From: "Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 4:26:35 PM 
Subject: Re: [ale] XKCD 



Wolf, I think that would have to be: tar xzvf pleasedon\'tthrowmeinthatbriarpatch.tar.gz 
;-) 


I'm not sure I get the xkcd joke. Is the implication that tar is hard to use or something? Or most Unix people need to consult Google to correctly type in a tar command? I know it's been a while, but tar was one of the first Unix commands I learned, and I still use it quite frequently. Lots of stuff comes packaged in tar files, at least in the circles I'm in. Sure, more often these days you pull code with git, but tar usage is still very common for me. 


Scott 
----- Original Message -----

From: "William Bagwell" <rb211 at tds.net> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 5:29:13 AM 
Subject: Re: [ale] XKCD 

On Sunday 03 February 2013, Wolf Halton wrote: 
> tar xzvf somefile.tar.gz 
> 3 seconds 

tar xzvf pleasedon'tthrowmeinthatbriarpatch.tar.gz 

Takes a bit longer but proves your an old fart:) 
-- 
Wiliam 
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