1 .TH DLB 6 "28 Oct 1993"
4 dlb \- NetHack data librarian
20 is a file archiving tool in the spirit (and tradition) of tar for
21 NetHack version 3.1 and higher. It is used to maintain the
22 archive files from which NetHack reads special level files and other
23 read-only information. Note that like tar the command and option
24 specifiers are specified as a continuous string and are followed
25 by any arguments required in the same order as the option specifiers.
27 This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack
34 to extract the contents of the archive into the current directory.
40 to create a new archive from files in the current directory.
44 command lists the files in the archive.
45 .SH OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
47 .ta \w'f archive\ \ \ 'u
51 f archive specify the archive. Default if f not specified is
52 LIBFILE (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
55 I lfile specify the file containing the list of files to
56 put in to or extract from the archive if no files are listed
57 on the command line. Default for archive creation if no files
58 are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
61 C dir change directory. Changes directory before trying to
62 read any files (including the archive and the lfile).
65 Create the default archive from the default file list:
69 List the contents of the archive 'foo':
80 Not a good tar emulation; - does not mean stdin or stdout.
81 Should include an optional compression facility.
82 Not all read-only files for NetHack can be read out of an archive;
83 examining the source is the only way to know which files can be.