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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/shar/shar.1')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/shar/shar.1 b/usr.bin/shar/shar.1 index 9a5fe4b..b85f7ce 100644 --- a/usr.bin/shar/shar.1 +++ b/usr.bin/shar/shar.1 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)shar.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" $Id$ .\" .Dd June 6, 1993 .Dt SHAR 1 @@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm shar Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Shar -writes an +The +.Nm +command writes a .Xr sh 1 shell script to the standard output which will recreate the file hierarchy specified by the command line operands. @@ -50,8 +52,9 @@ files they contain (the .Xr find 1 utility does this correctly). .Pp -.Nm Shar -is normally used for distributing files by +The +.Nm +command is normally used for distributing files by .Xr ftp 1 or .Xr mail 1 . @@ -61,21 +64,23 @@ or .Xr tar 1 , .Xr uuencode 1 .Sh BUGS -.Nm Shar -makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing +The +.Nm +command makes no provisions for special types of files or files containing magic characters. -.Nm Shar -cannot handle files without a newline ('\\n') +The +.Nm +command cannot handle files without a newline ('\\n') as the last character. .Pp It is easy to insert trojan horses into -.Nm shar +.Nm files. It is strongly recommended that all shell archive files be examined before running them through .Xr sh 1 . Archives produced using this implementation of -.Nm shar +.Nm may be easily examined with the command: .Bd -literal -offset indent egrep -v '^[X#]' shar.file @@ -101,5 +106,5 @@ sh archive .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -command appears in +command appeared in .Bx 4.4 . |
