Xandris, 10 months ago the main modes are: -c for create -x for extract -t for test/list tarballs are one long compressed stream, and extracting a file requires decompressing all those before it in the archive, so another archive format may be a better choice if random access to files is important
the main modes are:
-c
-x
-t
tarballs are one long compressed stream, and extracting a file requires decompressing all those before it in the archive, so another archive format may be a better choice if random access to files is important