4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat1/shar.0

SHAR(1)                      BSD Reference Manual                      SHAR(1)

NNAAMMEE
     sshhaarr - create a shell archive of files

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     sshhaarr _f_i_l_e _._._.

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     SShhaarr writes an sh(1) shell script to the standard output which will
     recreate the file hierarchy specified by the command line operands.  Di-
     rectories will be recreated and must be specified before the files they
     contain (the find(1) utility does this correctly).

     SShhaarr is normally used for distributing files by ftp(1) or mail(1).

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     compress(1),  mail(1),  uuencode(1),  tar(1)

BBUUGGSS
     SShhaarr makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing
     magic characters.

     It is easy to insert trojan horses into sshhaarr files.  It is strongly rec-
     ommended that all shell archive files be examined before running them
     through sh(1).  Archives produced using this implementation of sshhaarr may
     be easily examined with the command:

           egrep -v '^[X#]' shar.file

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
     To create a shell archive of the program ls(1) and mail it to Rick:

           cd ls
           shar `find . -print` |  mail -s "ls source" rick

     To recreate the program directory:

           mkdir ls
           cd ls
           <delete header lines and examine mailed archive>
           sh archive

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The sshhaarr command appears in 4.4BSD.

4.4BSD                           June 6, 1993                                1