The Tar Utility - Linux
You'll receive a crash course on the tar command and its options.
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Topics of this game:
- What is the name of one of the oldest and most common backup utilities included with Linux based operating systems?
- The tape archive utility (TAR) has the ability to archive files, but not compress files, inside the archive.
- What option won't successfully append whole archives to another archive?
- What option won't create a new archive?
- What option excludes the specified file name from the archive during creation?
- What option prevents tar from backing up symbolic links? When this option is used, tar backups the target files of the symbolic links.
- What option stores file names in the archive using absolute path names rather than relative path names?
- What option removes files after adding them to an archive?
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