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From: vijay@bradley.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to make 'shar' files?
Message-ID: <10800030@bradley>
Date: 4 Aug 89 22:47:00 GMT
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>I've unpacked them [shar files] all the time, but how do I make one?  
>I presume there
>are a variety of different scripts that make these things (it's not that
>tough), but what are they called?  Is there a standard name?  We run
>Ultrix here at Binghamton, is it called something else there?  etc. . .
>
>Actually, if it's a script, I'd appreciate getting one to run under MKS
>Korn shell. . .
>
>Thanks in advance. . .
>
>-- 
>O---------------------------------------------------------------------->
>| Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large
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Actually it is very simple. All you have to do is something like this from
the shell:
           $ shar file1 file2 file3 > OUTFILE
This works in System V, and 4.3 BSD. It should also work on the Ultrix 
(hopefully!!). And it is a Bourne shell script, not a Korn shell.
But it should not be too hard to code it in ksh, if you follow the sh 
version.

Have fun...
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