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).