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From: darrylo@hpsrli.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Poll on shar formats
Message-ID: <3100003@hpsrli.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 88 15:36:10 GMT
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In comp.sources.d, rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:

> The shar stuff I just released only puts out the leading 'X' when
> the first character is a non-alphabetic.  I decided to do this to
> save space, and sort of as a compromise between shar's that put
> lots of stuff (I particularly hate "<tab>X") and those that put
> nothing, and just use cat.
     [ ... ]
> 	/rich $alz
> -- 
> Please send comp.sources.unix-related mail to rsalz@uunet.uu.net.

     I'd like to see "X"s on all lines, just to handle the (admittedly rare)
case of placing shar files within shar files.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	{hplabs!hpccc!, hpfcla!} hpsrla!darrylo
	CompuServe: 75206,3074

Disclaimer: the above is the author's personal opinion and is not the
opinion or policy of his employer or of the little green men that
have been following him all day.