---
name: "lrztar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "lrzip"
version: "0.660-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/lrztar"
---

# lrztar(1)

Directory wrapper for lrzip

## NAME

lrztar - Directory wrapper for lrzip

## SYNOPSIS

```
  lrztar [options] DIRECTORY
  lrztar -d [options] DIRECTORY.tar.lrz
  lrzuntar [options] DIRECTORY.tar.lrz
```

## DESCRIPTION

lrztar is a wrapper for compressing and decompressing whole directories with [**lrzip**(1)](/man/lrzip/1.md) to corresponding file `"DIRECTORY.tar.lrz"`. lrzuntar is identical to `"lrztar -d"`. lrztar takes the same options as lrzip.

## OPTIONS

See [**lrzip**(1)](/man/lrzip/1.md).

## ENVIRONMENT

None.

## FILES

None.

## SEE ALSO

[**lrzip.conf**(5)](/man/lrzip.conf/5.md), [**lrzuntar**(1)](/man/lrzuntar/1.md), [**lrzip**(1)](/man/lrzip/1.md), [**lrunzip**(1)](/man/lrunzip/1.md), [**lrzcat**(1)](/man/lrzcat/1.md), [**lrz**(1)](/man/lrz/1.md), [**bzip2**(1)](/man/bzip2/1.md), [**gzip**(1)](/man/gzip/1.md), [**lzop**(1)](/man/lzop/1.md), [**rzip**(1)](/man/rzip/1.md), [**zip**(1)](/man/zip/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Program was written by Con Kolivas.

This manual page was written by Jari Aalto \<jari.aalto@cante.net\> (but may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit \<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\>.