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|Full description=Sharutils consists of two shell archiving utilities: "shar" and "unshar." "shar" makes shell archives out of many files and preps them for transmission by email. A shell archive is a collection of files that can be unpacked by /bin/sh. Among other things, the program can compress files, uuencode binary files, split long files and construct multi-part mailings, ensure correct unsharing order, and provide simplistic checksums. "unshar" scans mail archives, looks for the start of shell archives, and automatically strips off headers and other introductory text. The bodies of the messages are then unpacked by a copy of the shell; the program may also process files containing linked shell archives.
 
|Full description=Sharutils consists of two shell archiving utilities: "shar" and "unshar." "shar" makes shell archives out of many files and preps them for transmission by email. A shell archive is a collection of files that can be unpacked by /bin/sh. Among other things, the program can compress files, uuencode binary files, split long files and construct multi-part mailings, ensure correct unsharing order, and provide simplistic checksums. "unshar" scans mail archives, looks for the start of shell archives, and automatically strips off headers and other introductory text. The bodies of the messages are then unpacked by a copy of the shell; the program may also process files containing linked shell archives.
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
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|Status=Live
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|Component programs=shar,unshar
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|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/sharutils.html
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|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=User manual included and available from http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/manual/
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|Related projects=GNU_tar,gnuit,gzip
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|Keywords=shell,email,archives,sharutils,shar,unshar
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|Is GNU=y
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|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Last review date=2010-02-22
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Version identifier=4.8
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|Version identifier=4.10
|Version date=2010-02-19
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|Version date=2010-08-28
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-4.8.tar.bz2
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-4.10.tar.gz
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|License verified date=2010-08-31
 
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|Real name=Bruce Korb
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Revision as of 10:59, 12 April 2011


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GNU sharutils

https://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
Creates and helps unpack shell archives.

Sharutils is a package for creating and manipulating shell archives that can be readily emailed. A shell archive is a file that can be processed by a Bourne-type shell to unpack the original collection of files.

This package consists of two pairs of utilities: shar and unshar, and uuencode and uudecode:

Shar & unshar

Shar makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing them for transmission by electronic mail services (converting binary data to ASCII representations, breaking the text into multiple shar scripts, etc.). Unshar is the safe way to extract and reassemble the original files. It will automatically strip off the mail headers and other introductory text.

Uuencode & uudecode

Uuencode and uudecode are programs that convert binary files into ascii text so that the original data can pass through the email system without having intermediate hosts "fixing" the files en route.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Kelly Hopkins

Verified on

31 August 2010




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Bruce Korb Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/sharutils/
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sharutils
VCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/sharutils.git/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/sharutils.html
Generalhttps://savannah.gnu.org/people/
Downloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/


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