Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:18:32 +0400 From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> To: Johan van Selst <johans@stack.nl> Cc: Joe <joeb_722@comclark.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [new port] usage of shar command Message-ID: <864ofxavhz.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100718100744.GA4807@mud.stack.nl> (Johan van Selst's message of "Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:07:44 %2B0200") References: <4C42CFDA.3040409@comclark.com> <20100718100744.GA4807@mud.stack.nl>
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Johan van Selst <johans@stack.nl> writes: > Joe wrote: >> I can not figure out just what the author was trying to say with >> "output of shar `find port_dir`" > > If your port files are stored in the subdirectory 'newport' then > you may issue the command > shar `find newport` > file.shar Another way is to use libarchive(3) writer, e.g. $ tar cf file.shar --format shar newport It's less prone to trip on special symbols in filenames and doesn't have limit on number of files (i.e. ARG_MAX). > > This creates the 'file.shar' file, which contains a shell archive of all > the files in the 'newport' subdirectory. You should then include this > file in your new port submission.
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