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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).