PTAR

NAME
DESCRIPTION
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

NAME

    ptar − a tar−like program written in perl

DESCRIPTION

    ptar is a small, tar look−alike program that uses the perl module
    Archive::Tar to extract, create and list tar archives.

SYNOPSIS

    ptar −c [−v] [−z] [−f ARCHIVE_FILE | −] FILE FILE ...
    ptar −x [−v] [−z] [−f ARCHIVE_FILE | −]
    ptar −t [−z] [−f ARCHIVE_FILE | −]
    ptar −h

OPTIONS

    c   Create ARCHIVE_FILE or STDOUT (−) from FILE
    x   Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (−)
    t   List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (−)
    f   Name of the ARCHIVE_FILE to use. Default is './default.tar'
    z   Read/Write zlib compressed ARCHIVE_FILE (not always available)
    v   Print filenames as they are added or extraced from ARCHIVE_FILE
    h   Prints this help message

SEE ALSO

    tar(1), L<Archive::Tar>.