NAME
ha - a small file archiver utility
SYNOPSIS
ha <command>[<option><option>...] archive [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
After the program name comes a command name (single letter) and options (single letters, appended to the command name without a space).
COMMANDS
- a[sdqemr012]
-
Add files matching search pattern to archive.
- e[aqty]
-
Extract files matching search pattern from archive.
- x[aqty]
-
Extract files matching search pattern from archive using path information stored in archive.
- l[f]
-
List files currently in archive.
- d[q]
-
Delete files matching search pattern from archive. If archive does not contain any files after deletion it is removed.
- f[sdqemr012]
-
Freshen files in archive. All files matching search pattern and newer than version already in archive are updated to archive.
- u[sdqemr012]
-
Update files to archive. All files matching search pattern that are newer than version already in archive or are not yet in archive are updated to archive.
- t[q]
-
Test files in archive.
OPTIONS
- 0,1,2
-
Try compression method #. More than one can be specified.
Methods are:
0-CPY Simple copying of files.
1-ASC Default method using sliding window dictionary followed by arithmetic
coder. Offers quite good compression on wide variety of file types.
2-HSC Compression method based on finite context model and arithmetic
coder. Quite slow for binary data, but offers very good compression
especially for longer text files.
- y
-
Assume answer yes on all questions.
- t
-
Touch files when extracting. Sets file times to current machine time.
- r
-
Recurse through subdirectories while searching for files matching search pattern.
- f
-
Full listing of stored file information.
- m
-
Move files when archiving. Files are removed from disk after they are successfully written to archive.
- a
-
Set system specific file attributes when extracting files.
- s
-
Find special files when archiving.
- e
-
Do not store pathname information.
- q
-
Quiet operation.
- d
-
Make separate entries for directories. Saves information about empty directories, directory attributes etc. in archive.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Mikhail Gusarov <[email protected]> for Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).