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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Shar format found dangerous
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Date: Wed, 16-Apr-86 17:44:46 EST
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In article <1133@turtlevax.UUCP> ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) writes:
>I thought that ar [...] was supposed to be perfect for [making shell
>archives].  It never really caught on, though.  Anyone know why?

It is not perfect for such purposes:  It does not handle subdirectories,
nor does it protect against mailers munching `dot' lines, `From '
lines, and the like.
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