1This is the set of GNU shar utilities.
2
3`shar' makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing
4them for transmission by electronic mail services.  `unshar' helps
5unpacking shell archives after reception.  The core of both programs
6is initially derived from public domain.  Some modules and other
7code sections are freely borrowed from other GNU distributions,
8bringing `shar' under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
9
10`uuencode' prepares a file for transmission over an electronic channel
11which ignores or otherwise mangles the eight bit (high order bit) of
12bytes.  `uudecode' does the converse transformation.  They are derived
13from the BSD NET/2 distribution, but enchanced with the features
14described in recent POSIX standards.  If you have more powerful
15`uuencode' and `uudecode' already available, you may want to use
16`./configure --disable-uucode' to prevent their installation.
17
18`remsync' allows for remote synchronization of directory trees,
19using electronic mail.  This part of sharutils is still alpha.
20You should have already installed Perl, gzip, GNU diff, GNU tar
21and GNU shar prior to installing remsync package.  Only Perl is
22really mandatory, write to me if you feel like helping to remove
23the other dependencies.
24
25Beside the Perl script `remsync' and its shell scripts the whole
26package now is internationalized.  This includes the generated shell
27scripts.  As described in the `ABOUT-NLS' file you have various
28options for handling this internationalization but this package is
29special in one point: it always needs the GNU message catalog files to
30be installed.  Therefore it might be a good idea to always use the GNU
31gettext functions and not the functions provided by your system.  This
32is of course not needed if your system uses GNU gettext in its system
33library.
34
35See file `ABOUT-NLS' for how to customize this program to your language.
36See file `BACKLOG' for a summary of pending mail and articles.
37See file `COPYING' for copying conditions.
38See file `INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions.
39See file `NEWS' for a list of major changes in the current release.
40See file `THANKS' for a list of contributors.
41
42Jan Djarv takes care of the man pages, otherwise unsupported, and
43their installation is kept separate from `make install'.  You use
44`make install-man' for them.  Better think GNU and switch to Info.
45
46Your feedback will help us to make a better and more portable
47product.  Mail suggestions and bug reports (including documentation
48errors) for this program to `bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
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