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- .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).
- .PP
- 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.
- .PP
- Beware of gift horses.
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