1 DLB(6) Games Manual DLB(6)
6 dlb - NetHack data librarian
9 dlb { xct } [ vfIC ] arguments... [ files... ]
12 Dlb is a file archiving tool in the spirit (and tradition) of tar for
13 NetHack version 3.1 and higher. It is used to maintain the archive
14 files from which NetHack reads special level files and other read-only
15 information. Note that like tar the command and option specifiers are
16 specified as a continuous string and are followed by any arguments
17 required in the same order as the option specifiers.
19 ^?ALLDOCS This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack
20 configuration. ^: ^?DLB This facility is optional but is included in
21 this NetHack configuration. ^: This facility is optional and was
22 excluded from this NetHack configuration. ^. ^.
25 The x command causes dlb to extract the contents of the archive into
26 the current directory.
28 The c command causes dlb to create a new archive from files in the cur-
31 The t command lists the files in the archive.
36 f archive specify the archive. Default if f not specified is LIBFILE
37 (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
39 I lfile specify the file containing the list of files to put in to
40 or extract from the archive if no files are listed on the command line.
41 Default for archive creation if no files are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
43 C dir change directory. Changes directory before trying to read
44 any files (including the archive and the lfile).
47 Create the default archive from the default file list:
50 List the contents of the archive 'foo':
60 Not a good tar emulation; - does not mean stdin or stdout. Should
61 include an optional compression facility. Not all read-only files for
62 NetHack can be read out of an archive; examining the source is the only
63 way to know which files can be.
66 This file is Copyright (C) Kenneth Lorber and was last modified
67 2018/04/25 (version NetHack-3.6.0:1.7). NetHack may be freely redis-
68 tributed. See license for details.
72 NETHACK 25 May 2015 DLB(6)