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Old 04-23-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Pack several files

I want to write a shell script (pack) to pack 3 files together. Like the winzip. And then to send it by email like attachments. Can anyone help me doing this shell script.
I will use this command like
pack document1 document1 document3 > example
So the command "pack" it will pack the 3 files into the example folder.
Please help me. I m stack.
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Look at the man pages for tar. You want something like this:

Code:
tar -cvf packed.tar document1 document1 document3
and to untar them

Code:
tar -xvf packed.tar
If you read the man pages you can make sure you use it the way you want.

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Yeah that' s right but i need to write a shell script for this command.
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You might want to check out The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. Basically shell scripts start with a shabang
Code:
#!/bin/bash
To indicate the shell and that it is executable. After that it's just a shopping list of the commands you want to run. If you are having problems with any aspect of the script just ask
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