linux man page for 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] [-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

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

perl v5.12.4							    2013-03-18								   PTAR(1)