On 25 October 2015 at 17:59, Richard Melville <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 October 2015 at 16:44, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For instance, using gnu short options, you can do: >> >> tar -xf filename.tar.xz -v >> > > Interesting; I didn't know you could add a flag at the end of the command. >
That's because "filename.tar.xz" is the argument of the "-f" option. In fact, "tar -fx filename.tar.xz" would be wrong, for example (I bet that's a classic noob mistake with tar). -- Emanuele Rusconi -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
