Try using cpio and tar to transfer some files to and from whatever removable media are available on your system (or to a file in /tmp if no removable media are available). Which of these utilities do you prefer? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


The activity is the point, and the answer will be subjective.

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Signal handlers take two arguments—_________ and_________ .

a) the signal that the program has received, the current stack frame. b) the signal that the program has received, the current program mode. c) the type of signal, the process’s pid. d) None of the above.

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CallXML creates ________ applications that allow businesses to receive and send tele- phone calls.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A Web site portal is a popular site used for collaborating on the Web. 

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Collections of type List can hold objects of what type?

a) only other lists b) only integers c) objects of any one type d) None of the above

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