GNU sharutils consists of two pairs of utilities: shar and unshar, and uuencode and uudecode. "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 reassemble and extract the original files. It will automatically strip off the mail headers and other introductory text.
"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. NEWS: Version 4.5 - August 2005, by Bruce Korb * fix bug in unshar * better usage examples * test this stuff sharutils home: http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/ primary ftp: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils bug reports: bug-gnu-utils at the usual GNU domain (be sure to mention "sharutils" in the subject... it helps to spot the message.) bug archive: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/ maintainer: Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
