HOW-TO extract gzipped shar files --------------------------------- These shar files have been created against a current and, or latest ports tree, so please *do update* your ports tree either with csup(1), cvsup(1) and, or portsnap(8), before extracting these files; Kindly refer the FreeBSD Handbook for further details. After downloading the requisite .shar.gz file(s), all you need to extract such a gzipped shar is execute the following as root: # zcat .shar.gz |sh That's all, and you have done it! WARNING: Please note that, this will overwrite some files in your ports tree, if unsure, you may need to view commented lines in the gzipped shar file itself like this: # zcat .shar.gz |more NOTE: As a safety measure, kindly *do review* the gzipped or plain-text shar files, before you extract them.