Ingo Weinhold
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This is the set of GNU shar utilities.
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`shar' makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing
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them for transmission by electronic mail services. `unshar' helps
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unpacking shell archives after reception. The core of both programs
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is initially derived from public domain. Some modules and other
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code sections are freely borrowed from other GNU distributions,
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bringing `shar' under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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`uuencode' prepares a file for transmission over an electronic channel
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which ignores or otherwise mangles the eight bit (high order bit) of
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bytes. `uudecode' does the converse transformation. They are derived
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from the BSD NET/2 distribution, but enchanced with the features
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described in recent POSIX standards. If you have more powerful
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`uuencode' and `uudecode' already available, you may want to use
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`./configure --disable-uucode' to prevent their installation.
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`remsync' allows for remote synchronization of directory trees,
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using electronic mail. This part of sharutils is still alpha.
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You should have already installed Perl, gzip, GNU diff, GNU tar
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and GNU shar prior to installing remsync package. Only Perl is
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really mandatory, write to me if you feel like helping to remove
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the other dependencies.
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Beside the Perl script `remsync' and its shell scripts the whole
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package now is internationalized. This includes the generated shell
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scripts. As described in the `ABOUT-NLS' file you have various
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options for handling this internationalization but this package is
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special in one point: it always needs the GNU message catalog files to
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be installed. Therefore it might be a good idea to always use the GNU
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gettext functions and not the functions provided by your system. This
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is of course not needed if your system uses GNU gettext in its system
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library.
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See file `ABOUT-NLS' for how to customize this program to your language.
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See file `BACKLOG' for a summary of pending mail and articles.
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See file `COPYING' for copying conditions.
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See file `INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions.
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See file `NEWS' for a list of major changes in the current release.
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See file `THANKS' for a list of contributors.
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Jan Djarv takes care of the man pages, otherwise unsupported, and
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their installation is kept separate from `make install'. You use
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`make install-man' for them. Better think GNU and switch to Info.
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Your feedback will help us to make a better and more portable
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product. Mail suggestions and bug reports (including documentation
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errors) for this program to `[email protected]'.
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