NAME

       dlb - NetHack data librarian

SYNOPSIS

       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.

       ^?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 c command causes dlb to create a new archive from files in the current directory.

       The t command lists the files in the archive.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

       v           verbose output

       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.

       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

       List the contents of the archive 'foo':
                   dlb tf foo

AUTHOR

       Kenneth Lorber

SEE ALSO

       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; examining the source is the
       only way to know which files can be.

4th Berkeley Distribution                          28 Oct 1993                                            DLB(6)