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Release of version 4.5 of sharutils


From: Bruce Korb
Subject: Release of version 4.5 of sharutils
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:21:30 -0700
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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




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