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- From: woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
- Subject: file-extension "shar" ?
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:51:31 GMT
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- In article <3*_S=iwirs-1_OU=iwi_O=unibe_PRMD=SWITCH_ADMD=ARCOM_C=CH_@MHS> iwirs-1@iwi.unibe.ch (Rene Doenni) writes:
- >I've got a file "notes.rs6000.shar" which I can't read. What does the
- >extension "shar" mean and if it's a compressed format, how do I uncompress
- >it ? Thanks for any information.
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- sh archive? You can typically strip the headers and run /bin/sh on the
- file or you can look for one of the public unshar programs out there
- that discourage trojan horses and such (use archie to find it).
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