[kwlug-disc] So why not tar -cf tarball.tar a.xz b.xz c.xz, instead of tar -cJf tarball.tar.xz a b c ?

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Fri Oct 21 17:31:08 EDT 2016


On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 02:05:37PM -0400, B.S. wrote:
> In any case, it isn't a reason / doesn't explain why tar'ring gzip's (to
> gain confidence of individual file integrity) isn't more prevalent.

How would you improve
    tar -cf - /
?
-- 
William





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