ptar

PTAR(1)                Perl Programmers Reference Guide                PTAR(1)



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.



perl v5.10.1                      2010-04-23                           PTAR(1)