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Write the command that can be used to perform the following: a. Back up the contents of...

Write the command that can be used to perform the following:

a. Back up the contents of the /var directory (which contains symbolically linked files) to the second nonrewinding SCSI tape device on the system using the tar utility.

b. Append the file /etc/inittab to the archive created in Exercise 3a.

c. Create a tarball called /stuff.tar.gz that contains all files in the /root/stuff directory.

d. Use the cpio utility to back up all files in the /var directory (which contains symbolically linked files) to the first rewinding IDE tape device that has a block size of 5KB.

e. Perform a full filesystem backup of the /var filesystem using the dump utility and record the event in the /etc/dumpdates file.

f. View the contents of the archives created in Exercises 3a, 3c, 3d, and 3e.

g. Extract the contents of the archives created in Exercises 3a and 3c to the /root directory.

h. Extract the contents of the archives created in Exercises 3d and 3e to their original locations.

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