SHAR
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NAME
shar
- create a shell archive of files
SYNOPSIS
shar file ...
DESCRIPTION
Shar
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.
Shar
is normally used for distributing small numbers of files by
ftp(1)
or
mail(1).
SEE ALSO
compress(1),
mail(1),
uuencode(1),
tar(1)
BUGS
Shar
makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing
magic characters.
It is easy to insert trojan horses into
shar
files.
It is strongly recommended that all shell archive files be examined
before running them through
sh(1).
Archives produced using this implementation of
shar
may be easily examined with the command:
grep -v '^X' program.shar
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
shar Ar
command
Ud .
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