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.IX Title "PTARDIFF 1"
.TH PTARDIFF 1 2026-08-18 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
ptardiff \- program that diffs an extracted archive against an unextracted one
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\&    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.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&    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
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\&    h   Prints this help message
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fBtar\fR\|(1), Archive::Tar.
