PTAR(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation 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 ARCHIVEFILE] FILE FILE ...
           ptar -x [-v] [-z] [-f ARCHIVEFILE]
           ptar -t [-z] [-f ARCHIVEFILE]
           ptar -h

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

SEE ALSO
       tar(1), Archive::Tar.



perl v5.8.8                       2006-02-04                           PTAR(1)