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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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