[ale] sh archive

[Jim Kinney]

Where did you find shar? I wanted to look at it but it's just not part of
the RHEL/Fedora tool chain.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Geoffrey Myers <
lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Ed,
> >
> > Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> writes:
> >
> >> That looks neat, but I don't have time to read it now, so I'm wondering
> why
> >> not use the existing "shar" utility.
> >
> > I believe the OP wanted more than just "unpack".  The self-extracting
> > code provided in the other link lets you write an arbitrary
> > pre-install/post-install script that runs as part of the installation!
> > It's pretty sweet!  I've used that structure before and it's quite
> > powerful as a way to distribute programs.
>
> I actually was able to use shar to accomplish my goal.  I first used
> shar to create the archive of the data, then I hand edited the shell
> archive to perform the tasks I needed.  Worked like a charm.
>
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > -derek
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >>         "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
> >>         the government from wasting the labors of the people under
> >>         the pretense of taking care of them."
> >>         - Thomas Jefferson
> >>         _______________________________________________
> >>         Ale mailing list
> >>         Ale at ale.org
> >>         http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >>         See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> >>         http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> >>
> >>     --
> >>     --
> >>     James P. Kinney III
> >>     I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in
> chains.
> >>
> >>     _______________________________________________
> >>     Ale mailing list
> >>     Ale at ale.org
> >>     http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >>     See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> >>     http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> >>
> >> --
> >>   Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>
> >>   http://noserose.net/e/
> >>   http://www.coraid.com/
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Ale mailing list
> >> Ale at ale.org
> >> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> >> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> >
>
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
> the government from wasting the labors of the people under
> the pretense of taking care of them."
> - Thomas Jefferson
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>



-- 
-- 
James P. Kinney III
I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.ale.org/pipermail/ale/attachments/20110420/3ff0814d/attachment.html