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Peter Immarco wrote:
>  
> I am looking for an PC-based (DOS or Windows) un-shar utility that
> will unpack Unix .shar files?  Any ideas?

None whatsoever. The big problem with .shar files is that they're UNIX
shell scripts, and UNIX itself is the "utility" that unpacks them. A
.shar file may call uudecode, tar, cpio, uncompress, gzip, sed, awk,
make, the C compiler, or whatever else it wants to produce a finished
result. They also assume a little trust on the part of the user, a .shar
can wipe out your entire account, and may even exploit several known
security holes to try and destroy your system. It may be possible to
write a DOS utility that incorporates some .shar functionality (probably
the basic uudecode, uncompress, tar functions) but the more screwy .shar
files are still going to break it.

If I only had one or two, I'd just get the local UNIX guru to .shar for
me. .shar and .shar alike, I always say.

Ciao. Joe

Joseph S. Wisniewski - my .sig ran away with my mouse.