Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mordor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!mordor!jdb From: jdb@mordor.UUCP (John Bruner) Newsgroups: net.news,net.wanted Subject: Re: Extracting shar files from news articles Message-ID: <5127@mordor.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 12:01:40 EDT Article-I.D.: mordor.5127 Posted: Thu Aug 2 12:01:40 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 02:12:02 EDT References: <284@west44.UUCP> <168@rhino.UUCP> Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL Lines: 8 To aid in extracting "shar" files that are posted as news articles, I suggest that all shar archives end with an "exit" statement. This avoids the need to check for and delete trailing signature lines from saved shar-format articles. -- John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) MILNET: jdb@mordor.ARPA [jdb@s1-c] (415) 422-0758 UUCP: ...!ucbvax!dual!mordor!jdb ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!jdb