You are covering for another system administrator and one of the users asks you to restore a file fo - Answer: d The t switch will list the files contained in the tarfile. Using the v modifier will display the stored directory structure.

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Question: You are covering for another system administrator and one of the users asks you to restore a file for him. You locate the correct tarfile by checking the backup log but do not know how the directory structure was stored. What command can you use to determine this?

Choose one:
a. tar fx tarfile dirname
b. tar tvf tarfile filename
c. tar ctf tarfile
d. tar tvf tarfile

Answer: Answer: d

The t switch will list the files contained in the tarfile. Using the v modifier will display the stored directory structure.

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Question: You are covering for another system administrator and one of the users asks you to restore a file for him. You locate the correct tarfile by checking the backup log but do not know how the directory structure was stored. What command can you use to determine this?

Choose one:
a. tar fx tarfile dirname
b. tar tvf tarfile filename
c. tar ctf tarfile
d. tar tvf tarfile

Answer:

Answer: d

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