[ale] XKCD

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com>wrote:

> Yeah I didn't relate either. To me tar with files or streams is first
> nature. Now zip and rar on Unix, that would probably get me blown up.
>
> Why can you not unzip streams!?!?
>

Zip writes a checksum at the end of the file. The protocol must first
verify file integrity before unzipping it.

e.g.
> curl http://example.com/file.zip -O; unzip file.zip
> Versus
> curl http://example.com/file.tar.gz | tar zxf -
> On Feb 4, 2013 4:27 PM, "Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> ------------------------------
> *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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