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37 .Nd create a shell archive of files
46 shell script to the standard output which will recreate the file
47 hierarchy specified by the command line operands.
48 Directories will be recreated and must be specified before the
49 files they contain (the
51 utility does this correctly).
55 command is normally used for distributing files by
60 To create a shell archive of the program
63 .Bd -literal -offset indent
65 shar `find . -print` \&| mail -s "ls source" rick
68 To recreate the program directory:
69 .Bd -literal -offset indent
73 <delete header lines and examine mailed archive>
90 command makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing
94 command cannot handle files without a newline ('\\n')
95 as the last character.
97 It is easy to insert trojan horses into
100 It is strongly recommended that all shell archive files be examined
101 before running them through
103 Archives produced using this implementation of
105 may be easily examined with the command:
106 .Bd -literal -offset indent
107 egrep -v '^[X#]' shar.file