bundle - collect files for distribution bundle file ... Bundle writes on its standard output a shell script for rc (1) or a Bourne shell which, when executed, will recreate the original files . Its main use is for distributing small numbers of text files by mail (1).

Although less refined than standard archives from ar (1) or tar (1), a bundle file is self-documenting and complete; little preparation is required on the receiving machine.

.L bundle mkfile *.[ch] | mail kremvax!boris Send a makefile to Boris together with related .L .c and .L .h files. Upon receiving the mail, Boris may save the file sans postmark, say in gift/horse , then do

.L cd gift; rc horse; mk

/rc/bin/bundle ar (1), tar (1), mail (1) Bundle will not create directories and is unsatisfactory for non-text files.

Beware of gift horses.