On your Fedora Linux virtual machine, open the command$-$line use the $$sudo$$ command modifier to elevate your privileges where required.

At the command prompt, type tar $$cvf test$1.$tar $/$etc$/$samba and press Enter to create an archive called test$1.$tar in the current directory that contains the $/$etc$/$samba directory and its contents. Next, type ls $$l test$1.$tar at the command prompt and press Enter. How large is the test$1.$tar file?

At the command prompt, type tar $$tvf test$1.$tar and press Enter. What is displayed?

At the command prompt, type mkdir $/$new$1$ and press Enter. Next, type cd $/$new$1$ at the command prompt and press Enter to change the current directory to the $/$new$1$ directory.

At the command prompt, type tar $$xvf $/$root$/$test$1.$tar and press Enter to extract the contents of the test$1.$tar archive. Next, type ls $$RF at the command prompt and press Enter to view the contents of the $/$new$1$ directory. Was the extraction successful?

At the command prompt, type cd and press Enter to return to your home directory.

At the command prompt, type tar $$zcvf test$2.$tar.gz $/$etc$/$samba and press Enter to create a gzip$-$compressed archive called test$2.$tar.gz in the current directory that contains the $/$etc$/$samba directory and its contents. Next, type ls $$l test$2.$tar.gz at the command prompt and press Enter. How large is the test$2.$tar.gz file? How does this compare to the size obtained for test$1.$tar in Step $2?$ Why?

At the command prompt, type tar $$ztvf test$2.$tar.gz and press Enter. What is displayed?

At the command prompt, type mkdir $/$new$2$ and press Enter. Next, type cd $/$new$2$ at the command prompt and press Enter to change the current directory to the $/$new$2$ directory.

At the command prompt, type tar $$zxvf $/$root$/$test$2.$tar.gz and press Enter to uncompress and extract the contents of the test$2.$tar.gz archive. Next, type ls $$RF at the command prompt and press Enter to view the contents of the $/$new$2$ directory. Was the extraction successful?

At the command prompt, type cd and press Enter to return to your home directory.

At the command prompt, type rm $$Rf $/$new$[12]$ and press Enter to remove the directories created in this hands$-$on project.

At the command prompt, type rm $$f test$*$ and press Enter to remove the tar archives created in this hands$-$on project.

Type exit and press Enter to log out of your shell.