[ale] sh archive

[Derek Atkins]

Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> writes:

> Where did you find shar? I wanted to look at it but it's just not part of the
> RHEL/Fedora tool chain.

yum install sharutils

-derek

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Derek Atkins wrote:
>     > Ed,
>     >
>     > Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> writes:
>     >
>     >> That looks neat, but I don't have time to read it now, so I'm wondering
>     why
>     >> not use the existing "shar" utility.
>     >
>     > I believe the OP wanted more than just "unpack".  The self-extracting
>     > code provided in the other link lets you write an arbitrary
>     > pre-install/post-install script that runs as part of the installation!
>     > It's pretty sweet!  I've used that structure before and it's quite
>     > powerful as a way to distribute programs.
>    
>     I actually was able to use shar to accomplish my goal.  I first used
>     shar to create the archive of the data, then I hand edited the shell
>     archive to perform the tasks I needed.  Worked like a charm.
>    
>     >
>     > [snip]
>     >
>     > -derek
>     >
>     >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
>     wrote:
>     >>
>     >>     This is what you are looking for:
>     >>
>     >>     http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005818
>     >>
>     >>     Very slick and very, very useful.
>     >>
>     >>     Self-extracting bash script.
>     >>
>     >>     On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Geoffrey Myers <
>     >>     lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>         So, I'm trying to simplify an install process for a small group
>     of
>     >>         developers.  I want them to be able to simply run a script that
>     >>         contains
>     >>         the payload of software to be installed.
>     >>
>     >>         I recall being able to do this with something called a shell
>     archive?
>     >>
>     >>         It must be able to do more then just populate a directory tree
>     though.
>     >>
>     >>         Any suggestions???
>     >>
>     >>         --
>     >>         Until later, Geoffrey
>     >>
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>     Until later, Geoffrey
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