[new port] usage of shar command

[Anonymous]

Johan van Selst <johans at 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.