1. Executable programs or shell commands
PTAR
Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (1)Updated: 2023-11-23
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NAME
ptar - a tar-like program written in perlDESCRIPTION
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] [-C] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE | -] FILE FILE ... ptar -c [-v] [-z] [-C] [-T index | -] [-f ARCHIVE_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 extracted from ARCHIVE_FILE h Prints this help message C CPAN mode - drop 022 from permissions T get names to create from file
SEE ALSO
tar(1), Archive::Tar.
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