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From: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: More silence in comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Message-ID: <2487@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 89 14:32:06 GMT
References: <8472@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Reply-To: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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In article <8472@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
<The bad news:
<
<EXTRACTING:  The simplest sequence for extracting most posted software
<is:
<
<     a.   Use the "combine" script (given below) on all parts of the
<          posting in sequence.  This will usually give you a zoo
<          archive.  E.g., for a three-part posting, save it in files
<          called "part01", "part02", and "part03", and then give the
<          command:
<
<               combine part01 part02 part03

Since when has the combine script become "lazy"?  A long time ago a better
combine script was posted.  It works much nicer, especially on programs with
MANY parts.  Who wants to type in the names of all 11 pieces :-)  So, attached
below is the original, longer, better script:


***** CUT HERE *****
#! /bin/csh -f
set noglob
@ count = 1
if ($#argv == 0 || $#argv == 1) then
	echo 'combine: filename number_of_files'
else
	if (-e $argv[1].uue) rm $argv[1].uue
	if (-e $argv[1].temp) rm $argv[1].temp
	while ($count <= $argv[2])
		echo 'Moving '$argv[1]'.'$count' to '$argv[1]'.temp'
		cat $argv[1].$count >> $argv[1].temp
		@ count++
	end
	echo 'Creating '$argv[1]'.uue'
	cat $argv[1].temp | sed '/^END/,/^BEGIN/d' > $argv[1].uue
	if (-e $argv[1].temp) rm $argv[1].temp
endif
***** CUT HERE *****

The syntax is simple.  One saves the files as program_name.sequence_number,
ie, part.1  part.2  part.3 ...   When one is ready to combine the pieces,
one says:

	combine part 3

The script will then put all the pieces into a .temp file and then sed it
into a .uue file.

Hopefully you will find this script more useful.
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