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2.1 Invoking shar
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If no `file's are specified, the list of input files is read from
standard input.  Standard input must not be a terminal.  `shar' creates
"shell archives" (or shar files) which are in text format and can be
emailed.  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 features provide extensive
flexibility in manufacturing shars and in specifying `shar'
"smartness".  Archives may be fairly simple (`--vanilla-operation') or
essentially a mailable `tar' archive.

   Options may be specified in any order until a `file' argument is
recognized.  If the `--intermix-type' option has been specified, more
compression and encoding options will be recognized between the `file'
arguments.

   Though this program supports `uuencode'-d files, they are
deprecated.  If you are emailing files, please consider mime-encoded
files.  If you do `uuencode', base64 is the preferred encoding method.

   This section was generated by *AutoGen*, using the `agtexi-cmd'
template and the option descriptions for the `shar' program.  This
software is released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or
later.

shar usage

shar help/usage (`--help')

shar compression

compression options

shar encoding

encoding options

shar in-out

in-out options

shar headers

headers options

shar xmit-defenses

xmit-defenses options

shar shar-flavors

shar-flavors options

shar internationalization

internationalization options

shar feedback

feedback options

shar config

presetting/configuring shar

shar exit status

exit status

shar Authors

Authors

shar Bugs

Bugs

shar Examples

Examples

shar Warnings

Warnings

shar See Also

See Also