Question

1. Time: 10 minutes

   Objective: Create, view and extract tar archives.

   Description:  In this activity, the student will use the tar utility to create, view, and extract a tar archive and use it options to name the tar file and view files as they are being archived and extracted.

   1.     Start your Linux server virtual machine and sign-on with your individual user ID.  All Activities should begin in your home directory.

   2.    Create a directory by typing  mkdir Act6-1 and press Enter.  Switch to this new directory by typing  cd Act6-1 and pressing Enter.  Then create three empty files by typing  touch apple banana orange and press Enter.

   3.    Type  tar -cvf fruit.tar apple banana orange  and press Enter to create a tar file named fruit.tar.  (Note:  Make sure you include a space after fruit.tar).

   In addition, the file extension .tar is not necessary, but it helps you identify the archive file when viewing a directory’s contents.

   4.    View the contents of your current directory.  What is the size of your .tar file? ________________________________________________

2.33 points   

QUESTION 2

1. 5.     Simulate a user accidently deleting the three files by typing  rm apple banana orange and press Enter.

   View your current working directory again, are the files gone?

   ________________________________

2.33 points   

QUESTION 3

1. 6.     To list the archive file’s contents, type  tar -tvf fruit.tar and press Enter.  What do you see?

   ____________________________________________________________________

2.33 points   

QUESTION 4

1. 7.     Now, extract the archive file’s contents by typing  tar -xvf fruit.tar and press Enter.  View your current directory once more.

   Are your three files back?  Is the archive file still there?

   ___________________________________________________________

2.33 points   

QUESTION 5

1. 8.     Remove the tar file by typing   rm fruit.tar and press Enter.  Leave your virtual machine running for the next exercise.

Answer 1

All commands were executed on Linux Ubuntu. Please comment if you have any doubts.

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1.     Start your Linux server virtual machine and sign-on with your individual user ID.  All Activities should begin in your home directory.

2.    Create a directory by typing  mkdir Act6-1 and press Enter.  Switch to this new directory by typing  cd Act6-1 and pressing Enter.  Then create three empty files by typing  touch apple banana orange and press Enter.

3.    Type  tar -cvf fruit.tar apple banana orange  and press Enter to create a tar file named fruit.tar.  (Note:  Make sure you include a spaceafter fruit.tar).

In addition, the file extension .tar is not necessary, but it helps you identify the archive file when viewing a directory’s contents.

4.    View the contents of your current directory.  What is the size of your .tar file?

Size is 1024 Kb

2.33 points   

QUESTION 2

1. 5.     Simulate a user accidently deleting the three files by typing  rm apple banana orange and press Enter.

   View your current working directory again, are the files gone?

   Yes, file are gone

2.33 points   

QUESTION 3

1. 6.     To list the archive file’s contents, type  tar -tvf fruit.tar and press Enter.  What do you see?

   We see the contents of the tar file

2.33 points   

QUESTION 4

1. 7.     Now, extract the archive file’s contents by typing  tar -xvf fruit.tarand press Enter.  View your current directory once more.

   Are your three files back?  Is the archive file still there?

   Yes, the file are back now since we extracted them back from the tar file.

2.33 points   

QUESTION 5

1. 8.     Remove the tar file by typing   rm fruit.tar and press Enter.  Leave your virtual machine running for the next exercise.

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