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   *''-f'' : for file, this option is used in order to specify the filename of the archive we want to create (in this case archive.tar), The ''f'' option should be just before the file name.
-If backing up a root directory use the following as an example: ''sudo tar -czvPf /etc'' a better example is ''sudo tar -czvf -C / etc''
+If backing up a root directory use the following as an example: ''sudo tar -czvPf filename /etc'' a better example is ''sudo tar -czvf filename -C / etc''
   *''-P'' : for Don't strip leading slashes from file names when creating archives.  This is not recommended as the absolute path will overwrite the information in the root directory, which will often and mostly lead to undesirable outcomes.  This is why the ''tar'' command will usually strip leading absolute path references to root directory, that is paths starting with ''/''.
   *''-C'' : for change to directory.  This changes the directory to ''/'' and then copies the files into the archive with relative paths, that is without the leading ''/''