1 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .TH BUNDLE 1
 2 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH NAME
 3 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull bundle \- collect files for distribution
 4 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SYNOPSIS
 5 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B bundle
 6 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I file ...
 7 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH DESCRIPTION
 8 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Bundle
 9 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull writes on its standard output a shell script for
10 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR rc (1)
11 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull or a Bourne shell
12 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull which, when executed,
13 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull will recreate the original
14 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .IR files .
15 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Its main use is for distributing small numbers of text files by
16 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR mail (1) .
17 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
18 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Although less refined than standard archives from
19 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I 9ar
20 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull (see
21 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR 9c (1) )
22 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull or
23 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR tar (1) ,
24 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull a
25 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .IR bundle
26 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull file
27 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull is self-documenting and complete; little preparation is required on
28 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull the receiving machine.
29 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH EXAMPLES
30 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .TP
31 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .L
32 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull bundle mkfile *.[ch] | mail kremvax!boris
33 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Send a makefile to Boris together with related
34 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .L .c
35 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull and
36 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .L .h
37 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull files.
38 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Upon receiving the mail, Boris may save the file sans postmark,
39 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull say in
40 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .BR gift/horse ,
41 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull then do
42 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .TP
43 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .L
44 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull cd gift; sh horse; mk
45 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SOURCE
46 c3674de4 2005-01-11 devnull .B \*9/bin/bundle
47 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SEE ALSO
48 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I 9ar
49 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull (in
50 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .IR 9c (1)), 
51 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .IR tar (1), 
52 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR mail (1)
53 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH BUGS
54 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Bundle
55 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull will not create directories and is unsatisfactory for non-text files.
56 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .PP
57 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Beware of gift horses.