NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     shar -- create a shell archive of files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     shar file ...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The shar command writes a sh(1) shell script to the standard output which
     will recreate the file hierarchy specified by the command line operands.
     Directories will be recreated and must be specified before the files they
     contain (the find(1) utility does this correctly).

     The shar command is normally used for distributing files by ftp(1) or
     mail(1).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The shar command makes no provisions for special types of files or files
     containing magic characters.  The shar command cannot handle files without
 a newline ('\n') as the last character.

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

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

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The shar command appeared in 4.4BSD.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 June 6, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1