ptar1perl
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 FILEx 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_FILEh Prints this help messageC CPAN mode - drop 022 from permissionsT get names to create from file