Bash Cookbook

How it works…

Now, we will learn about the options used in the preceding command as well as the script:

1. In the command, the options we have used are these:
   1. c: This option will create an archive
   2. v: This option is for verbose mode. We can see what files we are archiving.
   3. f: This option will take you back to the file.
   4. z: This option is used to compress it with gzip.
2. In this script, the options we have used are as listed:
   1. u: This option is used for updating the archive.
   2. v: For verbose.
   3. f: This option is to take back to a file.