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    • Lunya \ she/it
      52•9 months ago

      false

      tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
zsh: exit 2     tar
      • @Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        7•9 months ago

        OK now I have to escape to really smart assery and assume that’s what I meant the whole time ;)

        Edit code 2 describes something that went wrong - but that something telling you that it went wrong was the tar binary which therefor most have been valid to evaluate that!

        Under no circumstances did I assume that the hint towards help itself would’ve been an exit code 0, no sir!

        To be honest: if I’d designed that bomb it would’ve exploded in my face for trying to be too clever.