A systems administrator is creating a backup copy of the /home/ directory. Which of the following commands allows the administrator to archive and compress the directory at the same time?

The correct answer is C. tar -cJf /backups/home.tar.xz /home/. The tar -cJf command creates (-c) an archive, compresses it with XZ (-J), and writes it to a file (- f). This allows archiving and compression of the /home/ directory in one step.

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Acpio -o /backups/home.tar.xz /home/
Brsync -z /backups/home.tar.xz /home/
Ctar -cJf /backups/home.tar.xz /home/
Ddd of=/backups/home.tar.xz if=/home/

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The tar -cJf command creates (-c) an archive, compresses it with XZ (-J), and writes it to a file (- f). This allows archiving and compression of the /home/ directory in one step.

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