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1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2017 03:45:06 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat
   Why do I keep forgetting that TAR is a file system albeit a crude one?
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2017 03:48:03 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     I could just use a USB device in lieu of a tape if it is of sufficient capacity.  Heck, even an SDXC chip could be a quick stand-in.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2017 03:48:35 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     My home directory isn't that big.  This might let me do a wipe/install pair to move from Xubuntu 16.04 to Xubuntu 17.10 perhaps.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2017 04:28:33 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

     • Bob Jonkman
     @bobjonkman Yep.  That's what the tar command is for.  The file is but a virtual representation of a tape in a drive, really.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2017 04:31:07 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     • Bob Jonkman
     @lnxw48a1 @bobjonkman Just using flash media on lieu of the original tapes tar was written for.  tar cvnSWpf /dev/sdb ~
   • Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2017 15:33:19 UTC Bob Jonkman

     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     And that functionality (mounting a .tar file) exists in the package 'archivemount' https://www.linux.com/news/mounting-archives-fuse-and-archivemount
     Stephen Michael Kellat repeated this.