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
	   x   Extract from ARCHIVE_FILE
	   c   Create ARCHIVE_FILE from FILE
	   t   List the contents of ARCHIVE_FILE
	   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), Archive::Tar.

perl v5.10.0			  2009-03-02			       PTAR(1)

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