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1.1       root        1: .TH BUNDLE 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: bundle \- collect files for distribution
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B bundle
                      6: .I file ...
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I Bundle
                      9: writes on its standard output a shell script for
                     10: .IR rc (1)
                     11: or a Bourne shell
                     12: which, when executed,
                     13: will recreate the original
                     14: .IR files .
                     15: Its main use is for distributing small numbers of text files by
                     16: .IR mail (1).
                     17: .PP
                     18: Although less refined than standard archives from
                     19: .IR ar (1)
                     20: or
                     21: .IR tar (1),
                     22: a
                     23: .IR bundle
                     24: file
                     25: is self-documenting and complete; little preparation is required on
                     26: the receiving machine.
                     27: .SH EXAMPLES
                     28: .TP
                     29: .L
                     30: bundle mkfile *.[ch] | mail kremvax!boris
                     31: Send a makefile to Boris together with related
                     32: .L .c
                     33: and
                     34: .L .h
                     35: files.
                     36: Upon receiving the mail, Boris may save the file sans postmark,
                     37: say in
                     38: .BR gift/horse ,
                     39: then do
                     40: .TP
                     41: .L
                     42: cd gift; rc horse; mk
                     43: .SH SOURCE
                     44: .B /rc/bin/bundle
                     45: .SH SEE ALSO
                     46: .IR ar (1), 
                     47: .IR tar (1), 
                     48: .IR mail (1)
                     49: .SH BUGS
                     50: .I Bundle
                     51: will not create directories and is unsatisfactory for non-text files.
                     52: .br
                     53: Beware of gift horses.

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