---
name: "kdat"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdat"
version: "4:3.5.9-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kdat"
---

# kdat(8)

tar-based DAT archiver for KDE.

## NAME

kdat — tar-based DAT archiver for KDE.

## SYNOPSIS

**kdat** \[**--help***\]  \[***--help-kde***\]  \[***--help-qt***\]  \[***--version** *-v\]  \[***--license***\]  \[***--author***\]  \[***--caption \<caption\>***\]  \[***--icon \<icon\>***\]  \[***--miniicon \<icon\>***\]  \[***--dcopserver \<server\>***\]  \[***--nocrashhandler***\]  \[***--waitforwm***\]  \[***--style \<style\>***\]  \[***--geometry \<geometry\>***\]  \[***--display \<display\>***\]  \[***--session \<sessionid\>***\]  \[***--cmap***\]  \[***--ncols \<columns\>***\]  \[***--nograb***\]  \[***--dograb***\]  \[***--sync***\]  \[***--font** *--fn \<fontname\>\]  \[***--background** *--bg \<colour\>\]  \[***--button** *--btn \<colour\>\]  \[***--name** *\<name\>\]  \[***--title** *\<title\>\]  \[***--visual** *TrueColor\]  \[***--inputstyle** *\<style\>\]  \[***--im** *\<server\>\]  \[***--noxim***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **kdat** command.

**kdat** is a tar based tape archiver,  that is designed to work with multiple archives on a single tape.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below. However, the ordering is very strict -  --help/-h must come before hostname.

- **-v** **--version**

  Show version information.

- **--author**

  Show information about the author.

- **--license**

  Show license information.

- **--caption \<caption\>**

  Specify the caption of the window.

- **--icon \<icon\>**

  Specify the icon of the window.

- **--miniicon \<icon\>**

  Specify the mini-icon of the window.

- **--dcopserver \<server\>**

  Specify the DCOP server to use.

- **--nocrashhandler**

  Disable KDE crash handler (enables core dumps).

- **--waitforwm**

  Waits for a compatible window manager to start.

- **--style \<style\>**

  Sets the application's GUI style (overrides KDE).

- **--geometry \<geometry\>**

  Sets the geometry of the window.

- **--display \<display\>**

  Specifies the X display to use.

- **--session \<sessionid\>**

  Restores the application for the given session ID.

- **--cmap**

  Forces use of an internal colour map on an 8-bit display.

- **--ncols \<count\>**

  Limits the number of colours allowed in an 8-bit display.

- **--nograb**

  Forces Qt to never grab the mouse or keyboard.

- **--dograb**

  Overrides --nograb, which may be implicitly set.

- **--sync**

  Forces synchronous mode (for debugging).

- **--font \<font\>** **--fn \<font\>**

  Sets the default application font.

- **--background \<colour\>** **--bg \<colour\>**

  Sets the default background colour and application  pallette.

- **--foreground \<colour\>** **--fg \<colour\>**

  Sets the default foreground colour.

- **--button \<colour\>** **--btn \<colour\>**

  Sets the default button colour.

- **--name \<name\>**

  Sets the application name.

- **--title \<name\>**

  Sets the application title.

- **--visual TrueColor**

  Forces the application to use a True Colour visual on 8-bit  displays.

- **--inputstyle \<style\>**

  Sets X Input Method (XIM) input style. Possible values are:   onthespot, overthespot, offthespot, and root.

- **--im \<server\>**

  Sets X Input Method (XIM) server.

- **--noxim**

  Disables X Input Method (XIM) support.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Pierre Habouzit \<madcoder@debian.org\> for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License  version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.