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From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Binaries news group postings
Message-ID: <1077@atari.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 88 00:58:07 GMT
References: <3144@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
Lines: 17

in article <3144@crash.cts.com>, sreeb@pnet01.cts.com (Ed Beers) says:
> [stuff deleted]  Is there a program
> that allows unpacking these [shell archives] on my ST?  Is there a real
> need to use these rather than just arcing and uuencoding?
> 
> UUCP: {cbosgd hplabs!hp-sdd sdcsvax nosc}!crash!pnet01!sreeb
> ARPA: crash!pnet01!sreeb@nosc.mil
> INET: sreeb@pnet01.cts.com
 
  I have seen a shar and unshar for the ST on BIX, but don't remember
their origin.  If your access to a machine that runs sh is limited,
shar and unshar are a godsend for shell archives.

-- 
 Ken Badertscher                 | Hey, umm, the stuff I said up there
 Atari Software Test/Support     | is, like, what _I_ think, okay?
 {portal,ames,imagen}!atari!kbad | So, y'know, don't bug Atari about it.