shar
In the Unix operating system, shar (from "shell archive") is an archive format created with the Unix shar utility. A shar file is a type of self-extracting archive, because it is a valid shell script, and executing it will recreate the files. To extract the files, only the standard Unix Bourne shell sh is usually required.
| Original author(s) | James Gosling |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, VMS, Windows |
| Type | Command |
| Filename extension |
.shar |
|---|---|
| Type of format | Archive format, shell script |
| Open format? | Yes |
shar files are also sometimes called "sharchives" (from "/bin/sh archive").
Note that the shar command is not specified by the Single Unix Specification, so it is not formally a component of Unix, but a legacy utility.
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