On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:26:40 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:16:04 +0200 > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:08:08 -0400 > > Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > What is Linuxs "obsession" with tar ? What is (are) the advantage > > > (s) of tar over ZIP/RAR for example. > > > > > > > tar is almost as old as the computer (it's been around since magnetic > > tapes) and it represents the *nix philosophy of do one task and do it > > will > > > > What you do here is separate the work of grouping together files > > (tar) and compressing them (most commonly gzip and bzip2 in this case > > there is also compress and a few others which are rarely used these > > days). > > > > zip does all the work in one place, it's also been around for ages > > but it only more recently propagated to *nix. I don't know the > > difference in efficient, but zip has the drawback that it doesn't > > > Good. Answers my questions. Didn't think about the permissions > problem. I guess in my daily usage it doesn't make a great deal of > difference if I own the files I extract providing they're in my home. > The owner usually isn't an issue in daily usage but file permission is. You don't want you entire directory marked executable. > Thanks > > Cheers > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFF/CTQzWG7ldLG6fIRAuHGAJsGKl5sQm6cHZkHv/bQbJhD5KsMmACgibfR > AHYheyDfl4fg/IFb1dEc3Eg= > =1ILO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
