Tar Command

Question 1

What is a tarball?

Answer 1

It’s a a collection of multiple files and directories bundled together into a single file (tape archive), for the convenience of managing storage or distribution.

Question 2

What is archiving?

Answer 2

Creating a preserved copy of multiple files or directories in a tarball. It is used to manage backups or move data from one system to another

Question 3

What is the syntax of the Tar command?

Answer 3

tar -cvzf tarball.tar.gz <source>

Question 4

What are the three main operating modes in the tar utility?

Answer 4

tar -cvzf for creating an archive
tar -xvf for extracting an archive
tar -tf for listing an archive

Question 5

What do you mean by compressing data?

Answer 5

reducing data size by using compression algorithms

compression saves storage space
and make it easier to transfer files

to reduce its size

Question 6

You want to compress and archive the “/data” file system. What command would you use
to archive and compress “/data” in one shot?

Answer 6

tar -cvzf data.tar.gz /data

Question 7

How can you extract a file in the same directory where the tarball is stored?

Answer 7

tar -xvf
<tarball name>

Question 8

How can you extract a file in a directory other than where the tarball is stored?

Answer 8

tar -xvf
<tarball name> -C <dump directory>

Question 9

How can you list the contents in a tarball?

Answer 9

tar -tf <tarball name>

Question 10

How can we know the type of a file?

Answer 10

file <filename>