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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_dms (archive, compression, cmd, verbosity, interactive, outdir):
 """Extract a DMS archive."""

    check_archive_ext(archive)
    cmdlist = [cmd, '-d', outdir]
    if verbosity > 1:
        cmdlist.append('-v')
    cmdlist.extend(['u', archive])
    return cmdlist