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ptar (1)

Name

ptar - like program written in perl

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

Description




Perl Programmers Reference Guide                          PTAR(1)



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
         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 extraced from ARCHIVE_FILE
         h   Prints this help message


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
     attributes:

     +---------------+------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
     +---------------+------------------+
     |Availability   | runtime/perl-512 |
     +---------------+------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
     +---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
         tar(1), L<Archive::Tar>.



NOTES
     This software was built from source available at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original
     community source was downloaded from
     http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.12.5.tar.bz2

     Further information about this software can be found on the
     open source community website at http://www.perl.org/.








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