Added help() fn; use os.sep
diff --git a/Lib/packmail.py b/Lib/packmail.py
index 2b26873..d612c88 100644
--- a/Lib/packmail.py
+++ b/Lib/packmail.py
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
-# Module 'packmail' -- create a shell script out of some files.
+# Module 'packmail' -- create a self-unpacking shell archive.
+
+# This module works on UNIX and on the Mac; the archives can unpack
+# themselves only on UNIX.
import os
from stat import ST_MTIME
import string
+# Print help
+def help():
+ print 'All fns have a file open for writing as first parameter'
+ print 'pack(f, fullname, name): pack fullname as name'
+ print 'packsome(f, directory, namelist): selected files from directory'
+ print 'packall(f, directory): pack all files from directory'
+ print 'packnotolder(f, directory, name): pack all files from directory'
+ print ' that are not older than a file there'
+ print 'packtree(f, directory): pack entire directory tree'
+
# Pack one file
def pack(outfp, file, name):
fp = open(file, 'r')
+ outfp.write('echo ' + name + '\n')
outfp.write('sed "s/^X//" >' + name + ' <<"!"\n')
while 1:
line = fp.readline()
@@ -15,6 +29,7 @@
line = line + '\n'
outfp.write('X' + line)
outfp.write('!\n')
+ fp.close()
# Pack some files from a directory
def packsome(outfp, dirname, names):
@@ -64,7 +79,7 @@
packtree(outfp, subdirname)
def unixfix(name):
- comps = string.splitfields(name, ':')
+ comps = string.splitfields(name, os.sep)
res = ''
for comp in comps:
if comp: