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NAME

6       dlb - NetHack data librarian
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SYNOPSIS

9       dlb { xct } [ vfIC ] arguments...  [ files...  ]
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DESCRIPTION

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.
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19       This facility is optional but is included in  this  NetHack  configura‐
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COMMANDS

23       The  x  command  causes dlb to extract the contents of the archive into
24       the current directory.
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26       The c command causes dlb to create a new archive from files in the cur‐
27       rent directory.
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29       The t command lists the files in the archive.
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OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

32       v           verbose output
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34       f archive   specify the archive.  Default if f not specified is LIBFILE
35       (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
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37       I lfile     specify the file containing the list of files to put in  to
38       or extract from the archive if no files are listed on the command line.
39       Default for archive creation if no files are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
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41       C dir       change directory.  Changes directory before trying to  read
42       any files (including the archive and the lfile).
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EXAMPLES

45       Create the default archive from the default file list:
46                   dlb c
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48       List the contents of the archive 'foo':
49                   dlb tf foo
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AUTHOR

52       Kenneth Lorber
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SEE ALSO

55       nethack(6), tar(1)
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BUGS

58       Not  a  good  tar  emulation;  - does not mean stdin or stdout.  Should
59       include an optional compression facility.  Not all read-only files  for
60       NetHack can be read out of an archive; examining the source is the only
61       way to know which files can be.
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64       This file is  Copyright  (C)  Kenneth  Lorber  and  was  last  modified
65       2018/04/25  (version  NetHack-3.6.0:1.7).  NetHack may be freely redis‐
66       tributed.  See license for details.
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70NETHACK                           25 May 2015                           DLB(6)
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