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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 Ar‐
10       chive::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           x   Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE
20           c   Create ARCHIVE_FILE from FILE
21           t   List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE
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), Archive::Tar.
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32perl v5.8.8                       2006-02-04                           PTAR(1)