| Summary: | w5c7q4: tar -f's mandatory argument can be deferred. go figure. | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Academy | Reporter: | Bowe Strickland <bowe> |
| Component: | RHA030 Curriculum | Assignee: | Bowe Strickland <bowe> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Bowe Strickland <bowe> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 2.0 | ||
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2005-01-07 17:29:50 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Workbook 5: The Linux Filesystem > Chapter 7. Archiving Files with tar > Questions > > 4. You have downloaded a file titled linux-2.5.34.tar.gz. > Which of the following commands can you run to extract the > contents of the file? > > Y A. tar xvzf linux-2.5.34.tar.gz > B. tar -x -f linux-2.5.34.tar.gz > Y C. tar -x -z -f linux-2.5.34.tar.gz > D. tar -xZf linux-2.5.34.tar.gz > N E. tar xfz linux-2.5.34.tar.gz > Y F. tar -x -f linux-2.5.34.tar.gz -z > > "E" is actually a correct answer. > (Linux version 2.4.20-8) > i'll be danged... it shouldn't be, because -f takes a required argument (the name of the archive), but apparently its treated as a special case by tar. noted. Thanx!