Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site qtlon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!ukc!qtlon!cds From: cds@qtlon.UUCP (Chris Seabrook) Newsgroups: net.news,net.flame,net.sources Subject: shar files -- serious flame Message-ID: <420@qtlon.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 16:58:59 EDT Article-I.D.: qtlon.420 Posted: Mon Aug 6 16:58:59 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 04:49:38 EDT References: <284@west44.UUCP> <168@rhino.UUCP> <5127@mordor.UUCP> Organization: Quantime Ltd., London, WC1 Lines: 16 [ munch munch munch ] It is all very well and good discussing the niceties of comments, lack of headers etc in shar files, but I have a slightly more general flame. I have recently moved to a vax running sysV r2.0, lucky me you might say. Now this is all very well and good, BUT, what happens when I save Joe Bloggs magic program from net.sources, come to extract it and find those magic words "extract with csh not sh" ? If we are going to have shar files of use to all members of the net then stop using csh. Everyone has got sh so here's a big vote for using it. -- Chris Seabrook UUCP: {ENGLAND}!ukc!qtlon!cds qusavx!qtlon!cds PHONE: +44 1 637 7061