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Originally Posted by snakes1100
-f, --file=ARCHIVE - this is telling it to use the file/archive name you are giving in the command, so how does that not make sense to you marco?
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Where did i say that using the f-flag doesn't make sense? I only commented on the fact that the p-flag was following the f-flag, making 'p' the filename to use.
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Originally Posted by snakes1100
-p - it doesnt matter if you use it while compressing or uncompressing, it just preserves the ownership/permissions and will do no harm if its there while compressing
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The p-flag does not do anything when creating the archive. In the best situation it is ingnored, worse case the command will return an error (depending on the distribution/implementation)