> On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 08:53:57AM -0800, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > * Now, gunzip and tar xvpf those .tgzs in your root directory. This should
> >   finish your install the rest of the way.
> 
> Leaving out the v flag will make that mind-bogglingly faster. (Or,
> if you, like me, don't exactly trust things to work even when you
> know they will and want a record of the untar'ing, redirect it to a
> file.)

Quite true, but I always do a verbose untar out of habit. It saved me from
doing too much damage to existing files many a time (hmm, maybe I should make
tar tvf another habit too :-).

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