Added help() fn; use os.sep

diff --git a/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py b/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py
index 2b268735ba4abc77b5ff7241dd89a5983589947b..d612c88a8e6a651215962e8785473c446b9c6aff 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-old/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 @@ def pack(outfp, file, name):
                        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 @@ def packtree(outfp, dirname):
                packtree(outfp, subdirname)
 
 def unixfix(name):
-       comps = string.splitfields(name, ':')
+       comps = string.splitfields(name, os.sep)
        res = ''
        for comp in comps:
                if comp:

diff --git a/Lib/packmail.py b/Lib/packmail.py
index 2b268735ba4abc77b5ff7241dd89a5983589947b..d612c88a8e6a651215962e8785473c446b9c6aff 100644 (file)
--- 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 @@ def pack(outfp, file, name):
                        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 @@ def packtree(outfp, dirname):
                packtree(outfp, subdirname)
 
 def unixfix(name):
-       comps = string.splitfields(name, ':')
+       comps = string.splitfields(name, os.sep)
        res = ''
        for comp in comps:
                if comp: