Manual: ptar

PTAR(1)					      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] [-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

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 extracted from ARCHIVE_FILE
	   h   Prints this help message
	   C   CPAN mode - drop 022 from permissions
	   T   get names to create from file

SEE ALSO
       tar(1), Archive::Tar.

perl v5.40.1						 2026-06-12						     PTAR(1)