Workbook 5: The Linux Filesystem: Chapter 7: Archiving Files with tar

Question 1

What option must you almost always use with the tar command?

Answer 1

first command line must be selected from the following choices -c create or -x extract -t list

Question 2

Using tar, give the command line that archives a directory named report and that names the
archive report.tar

Answer 2

tar -cf report report.tar

Question 3

Give a command line that lists the contents of the archive named report.tar

Answer 3

tar -lf report.tar

Question 4

Give a command line that extracts the contents of the archive named report.tar

Answer 4

tar -xf report.tar

Question 5

What does the tar command’s –v option do?

Answer 5

verbose list files processed

Question 6

Do you have to precede the tar command’s options with a dash?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What does it mean if a file has a .tar.gz extension?

Answer 7

Comppression file