#!/bin/sh
# extract all files of known type
# in the current directory.
# alternatively, files can be named 
# on the command line.
self=`basename ${0}` 
if [ $# -ne 0 ]; 
then files=$* 
else files=`echo *`
fi
for file in ${files}; do
  if [ -f ${file} ]; then
    case ${file} in
    *.tar.gz | *.tgz | *.tar.Z)
      tar -xzf ${file}
      ;;
    *.tar.bz2)
      tar -jxf ${file}
      ;;
    *.bz2)
      bunzip2 ${file}
      ;;
    *.tar)
      tar -xf ${file}
      ;;
    *.gz | *.Z)
      gunzip ${file}
      ;;
    *)
      echo ${self}: Filetype unknown.  Skipping file \`${file}\'.
      ;;
    esac
  fi
done # EOF