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NAME
- dlb - NetHack data librarian
+ dlb - NetHack data librarian
SYNOPSIS
- dlb { xct } [ vfIC ] arguments... [ files... ]
+ dlb { xct } [ vfIC ] arguments... [ files... ]
DESCRIPTION
- Dlb is a file archiving tool in the spirit (and tradition)
- of tar for NetHack version 3.1 and higher. It is used to
- maintain the archive files from which NetHack reads special
- level files and other read-only information. Note that like
- tar the command and option specifiers are specified as a
- continuous string and are followed by any arguments required
- in the same order as the option specifiers.
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- This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack
- configuration.
+ Dlb is a file archiving tool in the spirit (and tradition) of tar for
+ NetHack version 3.1 and higher. It is used to maintain the archive
+ files from which NetHack reads special level files and other read-only
+ information. Note that like tar the command and option specifiers are
+ specified as a continuous string and are followed by any arguments
+ required in the same order as the option specifiers.
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+ ^?ALLDOCS This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack
+ configuration. ^: ^?DLB This facility is optional but is included in
+ this NetHack configuration. ^: This facility is optional and was
+ excluded from this NetHack configuration. ^. ^.
COMMANDS
- The x command causes dlb to extract the contents of the
- archive into the current directory.
+ The x command causes dlb to extract the contents of the archive into
+ the current directory.
- The c command causes dlb to create a new archive from files
- in the current directory.
+ The c command causes dlb to create a new archive from files in the cur-
+ rent directory.
- The t command lists the files in the archive.
+ The t command lists the files in the archive.
OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
- v verbose output
+ v verbose output
- f archive specify the archive. Default if f not specified
- is LIBFILE (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
+ f archive specify the archive. Default if f not specified is LIBFILE
+ (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
- I lfile specify the file containing the list of files to
- put in to or extract from the archive if no files are listed
- on the command line. Default for archive creation if no
- files are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
+ I lfile specify the file containing the list of files to put in to
+ or extract from the archive if no files are listed on the command line.
+ Default for archive creation if no files are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
- C dir change directory. Changes directory before try-
- ing to read any files (including the archive and the lfile).
+ C dir change directory. Changes directory before trying to read
+ any files (including the archive and the lfile).
EXAMPLES
- Create the default archive from the default file list:
- dlb c
+ Create the default archive from the default file list:
+ dlb c
- List the contents of the archive 'foo':
- dlb tf foo
+ List the contents of the archive 'foo':
+ dlb tf foo
AUTHOR
- Kenneth Lorber
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SEE ALSO
- nethack(6), tar(1)
+ nethack(6), tar(1)
BUGS
- Not a good tar emulation; - does not mean stdin or stdout.
- Should include an optional compression facility. Not all
- read-only files for NetHack can be read out of an archive;
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+COPYRIGHT
+ This file is Copyright (C) Kenneth Lorber and was last modified
+ 2018/04/25 (version NetHack-3.6.0:1.7). NetHack may be freely redis-
+ tributed. See license for details.
+NETHACK 25 May 2015 DLB(6)
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