---
name: "ptardiff"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.40.1-6+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ptardiff"
---

# ptardiff(1)

program that diffs an extracted archive against an unextracted one

## NAME

ptardiff - program that diffs an extracted archive against an unextracted one

## DESCRIPTION

```
    ptardiff is a small program that diffs an extracted archive
    against an unextracted one, using the perl module Archive::Tar.
    This effectively lets you view changes made to an archives contents.
    Provide the progam with an ARCHIVE_FILE and it will look up all
    the files with in the archive, scan the current working directory
    for a file with the name and diff it against the contents of the
    archive.
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
    ptardiff ARCHIVE_FILE
    ptardiff -h
    $ tar -xzf Acme-Buffy-1.3.tar.gz
    $ vi Acme-Buffy-1.3/README
    [...]
    $ ptardiff Acme-Buffy-1.3.tar.gz > README.patch
```

## OPTIONS

```
    h   Prints this help message
```

## SEE ALSO

[**tar**(1)](/tar/1.md), Archive::Tar.