NAME

packdrake - manipulates archives

SYNOPSIS

    packdrake [options] [--build|-b] file
    packdrake [options] [--extract|-x] file
    packdrake [options] [--list|-l] file
    packdrake [options] [--cat|-c] file

OPTIONS

--build file

Build mode; build archive file with filenames given on standard input. Sub-options are:

-1 .. -9

Select appropriate compression ratio.

--dir srcdir

set source directory where to search files, . by default.

--size

Set maximum chunk size, 400000 by default.

--method

Select standard compression command method. Default is deduced from the archive filename (gzip or bzip2).

--compress cmd

Select compression command (e.g. gzip -9).

--extract file dir file1...fileN

Extracts archive file to specified directory. Specific files to extract may be given on the command line.

--uncompress cmd

Select uncompression command.

--list file

Lists contents of archive.

--cat file

Dumps archive to standard output.

General options

--quiet

Silent mode.

DESCRIPTION

Packdrake is a simple indexed archive builder and extractor using standard compression methods.

SEE ALSO

MDV::Packdrakeng

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Mandrakesoft.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.