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Re:How to destroy your OS with tar by vorakl on Friday May 24, 2024 @12:15AM (#40462746)
--no-overwrite-dir (Preserve metadata of existing directories)

This is a really good point! It solves the main problem. I'll add it to the article.

Although that's what, unfortunately, is set by default (at least in GNU tar):

--overwrite-dir (Overwrite metadata of existing directories when extracting (default).)

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