[Techtalk] tar xfvj

[Kathryn Hogg]

Carla Schroder said:
> I'm seeing this weirdo tar invocation in the docs on kernel building:
>
> $ tar xfvj /path/to/linux-2.6.0-test7.tar.bz2
>
> j is not a gnu tar option, and the order looks screwy- shouldn't f come
> last,
> next to the filename?  Where is this stuff coming from?

man tar:
 -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
              use archive file or device F (default /dev/rmt0)

 -j, -I, --bzip
              filter the archive through bzip2. Note: -I is deprecated
              and may get a different meaning in the near future.


When 'f' is used in a string of options the file name is the first
argument after the string so xfvj is the same as xvjf


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