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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def run_archive_cmdlist (archive_cmdlist, verbosity=0):
 """Run archive command."""

    # archive_cmdlist is a command list with optional keyword arguments
    if isinstance(archive_cmdlist, tuple):
        cmdlist, runkwargs = archive_cmdlist
    else:
        cmdlist, runkwargs = archive_cmdlist, {}
    return util.run_checked(cmdlist, verbosity=verbosity, **runkwargs)