ptar(1)

ptar1

A tar-like program written in perl

Usage

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

Overview

ptar is a small, tar look-alike program that uses the perl module Archive::Tar to extract, create and list tar archives.

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

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13

From perl 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.