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Better, more complete distros exist. ;)<br>
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In Gentoo:<br>
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$ emerge -p sharutils<br>
[ebuild N ] app-arch/sharutils-4.10 USE="nls"<br>
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On 4/20/11 10:13 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTikzPn-Cud1HT3pSYw9WZ4CmwBL61Q@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">shar is not on any of the
RHEL5/RHEL6/Fedora14/Fedora15alpha systems I've checked. Nor is it
in any package on any repo affiliated solidly with that distro
chain. However, I do always find tar, bash, sed and awk.<br>
<br>
At the point I don't I start looking for a file called
ntkernel.exe so I can delete it :-)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Ed
Cashin <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ecashin@noserose.net">ecashin@noserose.net</a>></span>
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<div>That looks neat, but I don't have time to read it now, so
I'm wondering why not use the existing "shar" utility.
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<div>NAME</div>
<div> shar - create shell archives</div>
<div><br>
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<div>SYNOPSIS</div>
<div> shar [ options ] file ...</div>
<div> shar -S [ options ]</div>
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<div>DESCRIPTION</div>
<div> Shar creates "shell archives" (or shar
files) which are in text</div>
<div> format and can be mailed. These files may be
unpacked later by</div>
<div> executing them with /bin/sh. The
resulting archive is sent to</div>
<div> standard out unless the -o option is given. A
wide range of fea-</div>
<div> tures provide extensive flexibility in
manufacturing shars and in</div>
<div> specifying shar "smartness". Archives may be
"vanilla" or compre-</div>
<div> hensive.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:42
AM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span>
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204); padding-left: 1ex;">
This is what you are looking for:<br>
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href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005818"
target="_blank">http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005818</a><br>
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Very slick and very, very useful.<br>
<br>
Self-extracting bash script. <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at
11:30 AM, Geoffrey Myers <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com"
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rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
So, I'm trying to simplify an install
process for a small group of<br>
developers. I want them to be able to
simply run a script that contains<br>
the payload of software to be installed.<br>
<br>
I recall being able to do this with
something called a shell archive?<br>
<br>
It must be able to do more then just
populate a directory tree though.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions???<br>
<br>
--<br>
Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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they can prevent<br>
the government from wasting the labors of
the people under<br>
the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
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