Johan van Selst <joh...@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. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
