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What were the magic letters you need to add again, to just fucking unpack something? (feddit.org)
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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You may not have heard this, but tar can be used to work with non-tape archives.

In fact, non-tape archives are the overwhelmingly popular workflow.

[–] electricyarn@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Does having to explain the history of a tool to understand why it works that way make it more or less useful?

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Neither, but understanding that and the ubiquity of that tool might help understand why it can't simply be changed