lorty@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 18 hours agoTIL tar keeps permissions of the files and directories archived if possible.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareTIL tar keeps permissions of the files and directories archived if possible.lorty@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 18 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareesa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 hours agoIt’s even a tape archiving tool. Just pretty much nobody uses it in the original way any more. Very much one of those “if it ain’t broke, don’t replace it” tools.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agobut also the way it puts file data one after the other can be beneficial for compression, especially if you can define the order of the files somehow
It’s even a tape archiving tool. Just pretty much nobody uses it in the original way any more.
Very much one of those “if it ain’t broke, don’t replace it” tools.
but also the way it puts file data one after the other can be beneficial for compression, especially if you can define the order of the files somehow