ptar − a tar−like program written in perl
ptar is a small, tar look-alike program that uses the perl module Archive::Tar to extract, create and list tar archives.
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
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
tar(1), Archive::Tar.