Unsorted output and moving metadata to the front of the archive about uac HOT 4 CLOSED

I think adding uac.log at the beginning of the .output_file.tmp is not an issue. We can work on a change that does not require adding a new command line option either.
Just for curiosity. Are you using .output_file.tmp during your automation process?

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We are not using the temporary file in our automation.

I agree that there are many ways to inject uac.log at the top of the tarball, and am happy to submit a PR doing so.

Given the "any Bourne shell" requirement the most stringently compatible way of doing so may involve a second temp file, which I was trying to avoid with the --unsorted approach. The option satisfies two goals for us, since we handle quite a few large collections for which sorting things like hash lists is wasted time and forensic spoliation.

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Per discussion, removed the --unsorted component for separate discussion and submitted PR #217 to move the log to the front of the archive.

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Code merged via PR #217

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