Backup

Question 1

Display the content is the achive

Answer 1

tar –list –file archive.tar

tar -tf archive.tar

tar tf archive tar

Question 2

Create tar

Answer 2

tar –create –file archive.tar file1

tar -cf archive file1

Question 3

Append to tar

Answer 3

tar –append –file archive.tar file2

tar rf archive.tar file2

Question 4

Archive an entire directory

Answer 4

tar –create –file archive.tar Pictures/

Question 5

Before extracting use the list option to see where the filed will be end up

Answer 5

tar –list –file archive.tar
tar tf archive.tar

Look at absolute and relative paths

Question 6

Extract to a different directory

Answer 6

tar –extract –file archive.tar –directory /tmp

tar xf archive.tar -C /tmp/

Question 7

Types of compression tools

Answer 7

gzip file1
bzip2 file2
xz file3

Question 8

Types of compression tools

Answer 8

gzip file1
bzip2 file2
xz file3

Question 9

Decompression tools

Answer 9

gunzip file1.gz for gzip
bunzip file2.bz2 for bzip2
unxz file3.xz for xz file3