1 .TH DLB 6 "25 May 2015" NETHACK
11 .ND $NHDT-Date: 1524689548 2018/04/25 20:52:28 $
12 .NB $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $
13 .NR $NHDT-Revision: 1.7 $
16 dlb \- NetHack data librarian
32 is a file archiving tool in the spirit (and tradition) of tar for
33 NetHack version 3.1 and higher. It is used to maintain the
34 archive files from which NetHack reads special level files and other
35 read-only information. Note that like tar the command and option
36 specifiers are specified as a continuous string and are followed
37 by any arguments required in the same order as the option specifiers.
40 This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack
44 This facility is optional but is included in this NetHack
47 This facility is optional and was excluded from this NetHack
56 to extract the contents of the archive into the current directory.
62 to create a new archive from files in the current directory.
66 command lists the files in the archive.
67 .SH OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
69 .ta \w'f archive\ \ \ 'u
73 f archive specify the archive. Default if f not specified is
74 LIBFILE (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
77 I lfile specify the file containing the list of files to
78 put in to or extract from the archive if no files are listed
79 on the command line. Default for archive creation if no files
80 are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
83 C dir change directory. Changes directory before trying to
84 read any files (including the archive and the lfile).
87 Create the default archive from the default file list:
91 List the contents of the archive 'foo':
102 Not a good tar emulation; - does not mean stdin or stdout.
103 Should include an optional compression facility.
104 Not all read-only files for NetHack can be read out of an archive;
105 examining the source is the only way to know which files can be.
107 This file is Copyright (C) \*(Na and was last modified \*(Nd (version
109 NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.