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Option styles
The following command, written in the traditional style, instructs tar to store all files from the directory /etc into the archive
file etc.tar verbosely listing the files being archived:
tar cfv a.tar /etc
The above command has a mistake. Instead you should say :
The following command, written in the traditional style, instructs tar to store all files from the directory /etc into the archive file etc.tar verbosely listing the files being archived:
tar cfv etc.tar /etc
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