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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 extract_arc (archive, compression, cmd, verbosity, interactive, outdir):
 """Extract a ARC archive."""

    # Since extracted files will be placed in the current directory,
    # the cwd argument has to be the output directory.
    cmdlist = [cmd, 'x', os.path.abspath(archive)]
    return (cmdlist, {'cwd': outdir})