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A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.
https://age-encryption.org
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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cmg/age: explicitly set output file in tar example #187

Closed frankbraun closed 3 years ago

frankbraun commented 3 years ago

On some systems (e.g., OpenBSD) stdout is not the default output for tar. Even on Linux the default if the environment variable TAPE is not set is the compiled-in default (which often is stdout, but doesn't have to be).

This commit changes the example to make it work accross a wider range of systems.

FiloSottile commented 3 years ago

I personally use OpenBSD, so I'm sympathetic to its quirks, but people already tend to get confused by tar options, and this is already a cluttered example line. We shouldn't make it more complex just to make it work on a niche platform whose users should be well aware of the quirks. After all it's an example, not a cross-platform script.