diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/notes/release-tar b/trunk/ripnews/notes/release-tar
index 58799fa..b4fa325 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/notes/release-tar
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/notes/release-tar
@@ -1,19 +1,36 @@
-./CHANGELOG
-./INSTALL
-./README
-./TODO
-./encode/tests/testdata
-./encode/tests/testdata.uu
-./encode/tests/testdata.ync
-./encode/tests/uu_test.rb
-./encode/tests/yenc_test.rb
-./encode/uuencode.rb
-./encode/yenc.rb
-./net/nntp.rb
-./news/tests/newsrc.news.wizeazz.nl
-./news/tests/newsrc_test.rb
-./news/article.rb
-./news/newsrc.rb
-./ripnews.rb
-./set/intspan.rb
-./tools/cacheconverter2
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $# != 1 ]; then
+	echo "Usage: release-tar <destdir>"
+	exit
+fi
+
+DESTDIR=$1
+
+mkdir $DESTDIR
+cp CHANGELOG $DESTDIR
+cp INSTALL $DESTDIR
+cp README $DESTDIR
+cp TODO $DESTDIR
+mkdir $DESTDIR/encode
+cp encode/uuencode.rb $DESTDIR/encode
+cp encode/yenc.rb $DESTDIR/encode
+mkdir $DESTDIR/encode/tests
+cp encode/tests/testdata $DESTDIR/encode/tests
+cp encode/tests/testdata.uu $DESTDIR/encode/tests
+cp encode/tests/testdata.ync $DESTDIR/encode/tests
+cp encode/tests/uu_test.rb $DESTDIR/encode/tests
+cp encode/tests/yenc_test.rb $DESTDIR/encode/tests
+mkdir $DESTDIR/net
+cp net/nntp.rb $DESTDIR/net
+mkdir $DESTDIR/news
+cp news/article.rb $DESTDIR/news
+cp news/newsrc.rb $DESTDIR/news
+mkdir $DESTDIR/news/tests
+cp news/tests/newsrc.news.wizeazz.nl $DESTDIR/news/tests
+cp news/tests/newsrc_test.rb $DESTDIR/news/tests
+cp ripnews.rb $DESTDIR
+mkdir $DESTDIR/set
+cp set/intspan.rb $DESTDIR/set
+mkdir $DESTDIR/tools
+cp tools/cacheconverter2 $DESTDIR/tools
diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/notes/releasing b/trunk/ripnews/notes/releasing
index 7089da6..fd7ce7f 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/notes/releasing
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/notes/releasing
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ Hierna kunnen de release files getarred worden. In de file "release-tar"
 staan de filenames die meegenomen moeten worden en de handige manier om
 dit te gebruiken is:
 
-tar -czvf /tmp/ripnews-0.2.2.tgz -s /./ripnews-0.2.2/ -I notes/release-tar
+$ cd worktrees/ripnews
+$ notes/release-tar /tmp/ripnews-0.5.4
+$ tar -czvf /tmp/ripnews-0.5.4.tgz /tmp/ripnews-0.5.4