- NAME
- DESCRIPTION
- SYNOPSIS
- OPTIONS
- SEE ALSO

# 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), L<Archive::Tar>.