GNU tar 1.34: Unlink First

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Unlink First

‘--unlink-first’

‘-U’

Remove files before extracting over them. This can make tar run a bit faster if you know in advance that the extracted files all need to be removed. Normally this option slows tar down slightly, so it is disabled by default.

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