




Command:   gather - gather up the files in a directory for transmission
Syntax:    gather [-s] source_dir [-d] dest_dir [-b] bytes [-f] file
Flags:     -b  Desired number of bytes per output file
           -d  Destination directory
           -f  Base name of output files
           -s  Source directory
Examples:  gather                   # Collect files in current dir  into
                                      60K archives
           gather -d dir            # Put the archives in dir
           gather -b 90000          # Try to produce 90K archives
           gather -s .. -d targ -b 5000 # Try to produce 5K archives

     It is often useful to collect all the files in a directory into one
or  more  archives  for transmission by mail.  This program collects all
the files in the source directory (default: current directory) and  puts
them  into  a  shar  archive.   The  shar archive is then compressed and
uuencoded.  An attempt is made to have the final .uue file be about  the
given  size  (default:  60K), but since gather cannot really predict how
much shar will add to the file, how much compress will reduce the  file,
and  how  much  uue  will add again, the sizes can fluctuate.  If the -f
file flag is given, the archives will be given  the  names  file_00.uue,
file_01.uue  etc.   If -f is not given, the name of the source directory
is used as the base name.  Since 7 characters of  suffix  are  appended,
the base name should not exceed 7 characters.


































                                                                        

