SHAR

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BSD 4.4  

NAME

shar - create a shell archive of files  

SYNOPSIS

file ...  

DESCRIPTION

writes an sh(1) shell script to the standard output which will recreate the file hierarchy specified by the command line operands. Directories will be recreated and must be specified before the files they contain (the find(1) utility does this correctly).

is normally used for distributing files by ftp(1) or mail(1).  

SEE ALSO

compress(1), mail(1), uuencode(1), tar(1)  

BUGS

makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing magic characters.  

EXAMPLES

To create a shell archive of the program ls(1) and mail it to Rick:
cd ls
shar `find . -print` |  mail -s "ls source" rick

To recreate the program directory:

mkdir ls
cd ls
...
<delete header lines and examine mailed archive>
...
sh archive
 

HISTORY

The command appears in BSD 4.4  

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

It is easy to insert trojan horses into files. It is strongly recommended that all shell archive files be examined before running them through sh(1). Archives produced using this implementation of may be easily examined with the command:
egrep -v '^[X#]' shar.file


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
BUGS
EXAMPLES
HISTORY
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

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