| rsc | 058b011 | 2005-01-03 06:40:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .TH BUNDLE 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | bundle \- collect files for distribution |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .B bundle |
| 6 | .I file ... |
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 8 | .I Bundle |
| 9 | writes on its standard output a shell script for |
| 10 | .IR rc (1) |
| 11 | or a Bourne shell |
| 12 | which, when executed, |
| 13 | will recreate the original |
| 14 | .IR files . |
| 15 | Its main use is for distributing small numbers of text files by |
| 16 | .IR mail (1). |
| 17 | .PP |
| 18 | Although less refined than standard archives from |
| 19 | .I 9ar |
| 20 | (see |
| 21 | .IR 9c (1)) |
| 22 | or |
| 23 | .IR tar (1), |
| 24 | a |
| 25 | .IR bundle |
| 26 | file |
| 27 | is self-documenting and complete; little preparation is required on |
| 28 | the receiving machine. |
| 29 | .SH EXAMPLES |
| 30 | .TP |
| 31 | .L |
| 32 | bundle mkfile *.[ch] | mail kremvax!boris |
| 33 | Send a makefile to Boris together with related |
| 34 | .L .c |
| 35 | and |
| 36 | .L .h |
| 37 | files. |
| 38 | Upon receiving the mail, Boris may save the file sans postmark, |
| 39 | say in |
| 40 | .BR gift/horse , |
| 41 | then do |
| 42 | .TP |
| 43 | .L |
| 44 | cd gift; rc horse; mk |
| 45 | .SH SOURCE |
| 46 | .B /usr/local/plan9/bin/bundle |
| 47 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 48 | .I 9ar |
| 49 | (in |
| 50 | .IR 9c (1)), |
| 51 | .IR tar (1), |
| 52 | .IR mail (1) |
| 53 | .SH BUGS |
| 54 | .I Bundle |
| 55 | will not create directories and is unsatisfactory for non-text files. |
| 56 | .br |
| 57 | Beware of gift horses. |
