Timeline for Why would I tar a single file?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:36 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 22, 2016 at 8:50 | comment | added | jofel | @RossRidge thanks, I removed again the text about the original file name. | |
| Apr 22, 2016 at 8:50 | history | edited | jofel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 22, 2016 at 4:56 | comment | added | Ross Ridge |
By default gzip will store the original file name and time stamp. You can use the -N option when decompressing to restore them.
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| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:47 | history | edited | jofel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Apr 21, 2016 at 4:45 | history | suggested | v7d8dpo4 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 18:00 | comment | added | user4443 |
@bgStack15 FWIW you don't need the z (or the - for that matter), most modern tars will automatically detect the file needs to be decompressed.
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 17:32 | history | edited | jofel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 14:26 | comment | added | bgStack15 |
If I see a .gz, my first instinct is to tar -zxf foo.gz. Remembering that gzip is even a command takes a few more seconds.
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 13:52 | history | edited | jofel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 13:40 | history | edited | jofel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 13:38 | comment | added | gardenhead | I didn't consider the meta-data aspect. Very good point | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 13:05 | history | answered | jofel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |