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From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: "-----" in comp.sources.amiga posting headers deprecated
Keywords: the achingly nuzzlable neck of TJ Flynn (tm xanthian lust, inc.)
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Date: 6 Mar 91 16:51:36 GMT
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xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:

>Folks who are wrapping up shar files for the comp.sources.amiga
>moderator are requested to desist underling paragraph headings in the
>introductory material with rows of dashes. 

>In particular, this confuses standard Unix "unshar" software (which
>mistakes it for a "cut" line, and then tries to execute the next line as
>sh commands), defeats automatic unpacking, and necessitates hand
>editing to unpack the files, a minor, but unnecessary, annoyance.

Unshar is not a standard part of unix, and if it's confusing the contents 
with the wrapper it's broken.  I don't see why the people creating these
files should have to allow for broken software.

If you're unpacking on unix, you can always pipe the shar file to sh;
that's the original idea behind shar files anyway.  And yes, I realize
that this is a security risk.
-- 
Kenneth Herron                                            kherron@ms.uky.edu
University of Kentucky                                        (606) 257-2975
Department of Mathematics 
                                "Never trust gimmicky gadgets" -- the Doctor