PTAR(1p)              User Contributed Perl Documentation             PTAR(1p)

NAME
       ptar - a tar-like program written in perl
DESCRIPTION
       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] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE] FILE FILE ...
           ptar -x [-v] [-z] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE]
           ptar -t [-z] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE]
           ptar -h
OPTIONS
           x   Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE
           c   Create ARCHIVE_FILE from FILE
           t   List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE
           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 extraced from ARCHIVE_FILE
           h   Prints this help message
SEE ALSO
       tar(1), Archive::Tar.

perl v5.8.8                       2006-11-24                          PTAR(1p)