TH BUNDLE 1
SH NAME
bundle \- collect files for distribution
SH SYNOPSIS
B bundle
I file ...
SH DESCRIPTION
I Bundle
writes on its standard output a shell script for
IR rc (1)
or a Bourne shell
which, when executed,
will recreate the original
IR files .
Its main use is for distributing small numbers of text files by
IR mail (1).
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Although less refined than standard archives from
IR ar (1)
or
IR tar (1),
a
IR bundle
file
is self-documenting and complete; little preparation is required on
the receiving machine.
SH EXAMPLES
TP
L
bundle mkfile *.[ch] | mail kremvax!boris
Send a makefile to Boris together with related
L .c
and
L .h
files.
Upon receiving the mail, Boris may save the file sans postmark,
say in
BR gift/horse ,
then do
TP
L
cd gift; rc horse; mk
SH SOURCE
B /rc/bin/bundle
SH SEE ALSO
IR ar (1),
IR tar (1),
IR mail (1)
SH BUGS
I Bundle
will not create directories and is unsatisfactory for non-text files.
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Beware of gift horses.

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