NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     shar - create a shell archive of files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     shar file [...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     shar writes an 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).

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

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The shar command appeared in 4.4BSD.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     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

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      6,      1993