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Re:tmux 1.8 Released by pkrumins on Friday March 29, 2013 @02:22PM (#5462163)
Do you mean `tar -xzvf`?
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Re:tmux 1.8 Released by atsaloli on Friday March 29, 2013 @02:26PM (#5462192)
Yes, formally. You don't have to specify -z in GNU tar today, you can just say -x and it'll add -z or -j for you -- it figures out on the fly if the archive's been compressed and how. Very convenient.
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Re:tmux 1.8 Released by dminor on Friday March 29, 2013 @03:00PM (#5462396)
You can also leave off the dash: `tar xvf`
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Re:tmux 1.8 Released by riquito on Friday March 29, 2013 @05:12PM (#5463063)
And you may skip verbose too: `tar xf`
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