Re: Shar question
In the last episode (Dec 13), Beech Rintoul said: > I'm trying to learn how to use shar. I've read the manual. > > If I pass a directory to shar: > > shar foo > foo.shar > > Results in a shar file. Problem is that when I unpack it I just end > up with an empty directory. I probably need to pass it a flag or > something, but I'm not sure which one to use. > > How do I make a shar file out of a directory and ALL it's contents. If you want to get sneaky, you can use bsdtar, since that's one of its supported output formats: tar --format=shar -cvf foo.shar foo -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Shar question
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 11:38, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Beech Rintoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm trying to learn how to use shar. I've read the manual. > > > > If I pass a directory to shar: > > > > shar foo > foo.shar > > > > Results in a shar file. Problem is that when I unpack it I just end up > > with an empty directory. I probably need to pass it a flag or something, > > but I'm not sure which one to use. > > > > How do I make a shar file out of a directory and ALL it's contents. > > shar needs to know all the files it's to put into the archive, it > doesn't walk the tree for you. > > Thus you could do: > share file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt > archive.shar > to selectively grab only the specified files. > > When grabbing an entire directory tree, you can use the syntax: > share `find \start\of\directory\tree -print` > archive.shar > > which is hinted at in the man page. The backticks cause the find > command to be executed, and the output of find is given to shar. OK, now I understand. The manual was a bit unclear on that. Thanks, Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com --- pgp76jFZChM12.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Shar question
In response to Beech Rintoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm trying to learn how to use shar. I've read the manual. > > If I pass a directory to shar: > > shar foo > foo.shar > > Results in a shar file. Problem is that when I unpack it I just end up with > an > empty directory. I probably need to pass it a flag or something, but I'm not > sure which one to use. > > How do I make a shar file out of a directory and ALL it's contents. shar needs to know all the files it's to put into the archive, it doesn't walk the tree for you. Thus you could do: share file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt > archive.shar to selectively grab only the specified files. When grabbing an entire directory tree, you can use the syntax: share `find \start\of\directory\tree -print` > archive.shar which is hinted at in the man page. The backticks cause the find command to be executed, and the output of find is given to shar. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Shar question
I'm trying to learn how to use shar. I've read the manual. If I pass a directory to shar: shar foo > foo.shar Results in a shar file. Problem is that when I unpack it I just end up with an empty directory. I probably need to pass it a flag or something, but I'm not sure which one to use. How do I make a shar file out of a directory and ALL it's contents. TIA Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com --- pgpx1g5yHQb9Q.pgp Description: PGP signature
