ha(1)

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).