1PTAR(1)                Perl Programmers Reference Guide                PTAR(1)
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NAME

6           ptar - a tar-like program written in perl
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DESCRIPTION

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

13           ptar -c [-v] [-z] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE | -] FILE FILE ...
14           ptar -x [-v] [-z] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE | -]
15           ptar -t [-z] [-f ARCHIVE_FILE | -]
16           ptar -h
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OPTIONS

19           c   Create ARCHIVE_FILE or STDOUT (-) from FILE
20           x   Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (-)
21           t   List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE or STDIN (-)
22           f   Name of the ARCHIVE_FILE to use. Default is './default.tar'
23           z   Read/Write zlib compressed ARCHIVE_FILE (not always available)
24           v   Print filenames as they are added or extraced from ARCHIVE_FILE
25           h   Prints this help message
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SEE ALSO

28           tar(1), L<Archive::Tar>.
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