You want to append a tar file if the on-disk version of the tar file has a modification date more recent than its copy in the tar archive. Which of the following commands will you use to accomplish…

The correct answer is A. tar -u. The tar -u command is used to append a tar file if the on-disk version of the tar file has a modification date more recent than its copy in the tar archive. Answer: B is incorrect. The tar -t command is used to list the contents of an archive. Answer: D is incorrect. The tar -x…

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Question

You want to append a tar file if the on-disk version of the tar file has a modification date more recent than its copy in the tar archive. Which of the following commands will you use to accomplish the task?

Options

Atar -u
Btar -t
Ctar -c
Dtar -x

How the community answered

(18 responses)

A
83% (15)
B
11% (2)
D
6% (1)

Explanation

The tar -u command is used to append a tar file if the on-disk version of the tar file has a modification date more recent than its copy in the tar archive. Answer: B is incorrect. The tar -t command is used to list the contents of an archive. Answer: D is incorrect. The tar -x command is used to extract the files from an archive. Answer: C is incorrect. The tar -c command is used to create a new archive of specified files.

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