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1.1 ! root 1: .TH BUNDLE 1 ! 2: .CT 1 comm_users ! 3: .SH NAME ! 4: bundle \- collect files for distribution ! 5: .SH SYNOPSIS ! 6: .B bundle ! 7: .I file ... ! 8: .SH DESCRIPTION ! 9: .I Bundle ! 10: writes on its standard output a shell script for ! 11: .IR sh (1) ! 12: that, 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: .IR cpio (1), ! 21: or ! 22: .IR tar (1), ! 23: a ! 24: .IR bundle ! 25: file ! 26: is self-documenting and complete; little preparation is required on ! 27: the receiving machine. ! 28: .SH EXAMPLES ! 29: .TP ! 30: .L ! 31: bundle makefile *.[ch] | mail elsewhere!mark ! 32: Send a makefile to Mark together with related ! 33: .L .c ! 34: and ! 35: .L .h ! 36: files. ! 37: Upon receiving the mail, Mark may save the file sans postmark, ! 38: say in ! 39: .BR gift/horse , ! 40: then do ! 41: .TP ! 42: .L ! 43: cd gift; sh horse; make ! 44: .SH SEE ALSO ! 45: .IR ar (1), ! 46: .IR cpio (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-ASCII files. ! 52: .br ! 53: Beware of gift horses.
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