Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Fortune) 6/7/84; site rhino.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!fortune!foros1!rhino!marcum From: marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) Newsgroups: net.news,net.wanted Subject: Re: Extracting shar files from news articles Message-ID: <168@rhino.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Aug-84 20:32:53 EDT Article-I.D.: rhino.168 Posted: Wed Aug 1 20:32:53 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Aug-84 02:01:21 EDT References: <284@west44.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California Lines: 3 Ideally, a shar file should be self-stripping (i.e. when the file is run through sh, any comments are automatically thrown away, or placed in a README-like file, as appropriate).