Re: tar vs

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 03/17/07 11:08, Frank McCormick wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 02:59:01AM EST, Adam Porter wrote:
>> I've read the man page, googled this list and the rest of the Net, but I
>> still can't figure out why this doesn't work:
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>> $ tar xjf *.tar.bz2
>> tar: beryl-core-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive
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>> Am I doing something wrong?  Why can't tar handle a wildcard list like that?
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>   As a refugee from DOS/Windos/OS/2  etc etc.....I have a question.
> 
>   What is Linuxs "obsession" with tar ? What is (are) the advantage(s) of tar
> over ZIP/RAR for example.

Wikipedia would be a good first place to research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tar

    In computing, the tar (file) format (derived from *t*ape
    *ar*chive) is a type of archive bitstream or file format.
    The format is traditionally produced by the Unix command,
    tar, and was standardized by POSIX.1-1998 and later
    POSIX.1-2001. Initially developed as a raw format, used for
    tape backup and other sequential access devices for backup
    purposes, it is now commonly used to collate collections of
    files into one larger file, for distribution or archiving,
    while preserving file system information such as user and
    group permissions, dates, and directory structures.

    tar's linear roots can still be seen in its ability to work
    on any data stream

So, what's the DOS/Windows obsession with ZIP?

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