[ale] sh archive

[Jim Kinney]

shar is not on any of the RHEL5/RHEL6/Fedora14/Fedora15alpha systems I've
checked. Nor is it in any package on any repo affiliated solidly with that
distro chain. However, I do always find tar, bash, sed and awk.

At the point I don't I start looking for a file called ntkernel.exe so I can
delete it :-)

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:

> That looks neat, but I don't have time to read it now, so I'm wondering why
> not use the existing "shar" utility.
>
> NAME
>        shar - create shell archives
>
> SYNOPSIS
>        shar [ options ] file ...
>        shar -S [ options ]
>
> DESCRIPTION
>        Shar  creates  "shell  archives" (or shar files) which are in text
>        format and can be mailed.  These files may be  unpacked  later  by
>        executing  them  with  /bin/sh.   The resulting archive is sent to
>        standard out unless the -o option is given.  A wide range of  fea-
>        tures  provide extensive flexibility in manufacturing shars and in
>        specifying shar "smartness".  Archives may be "vanilla" or compre-
>        hensive.
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is what you are looking for:
>>
>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005818
>>
>> Very slick and very, very useful.
>>
>> Self-extracting bash script.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Geoffrey Myers <
>> lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>>> So, I'm trying to simplify an install process for a small group of
>>> developers.  I want them to be able to simply run a script that contains
>>> the payload of software to be installed.
>>>
>>> I recall being able to do this with something called a shell archive?
>>>
>>> It must be able to do more then just populate a directory tree though.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions???
>>>
>>> --
>>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>>
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>>
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