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[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately that's not valid.

$ tar -h
tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.

From man-page:

-h, --dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to