---
name: "ha"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ha"
version: "0.999p+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ha"
---

# ha(1)

a small file archiver utility

## 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 \<dottedmag@dottedmag.net\> for Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).