NAME

       unkeybif — BioWare KEY/BIF archive extractor

SYNOPSIS

       unkeybif [options] command file ...

DESCRIPTION

       unkeybif extracts BioWare KEY/BIF archives, found in many BioWare games.

       KEY  and BIF files are fundamentally linked: a KEY file contains file names and types, while the BIF file
       contains the file data itself.  At the same time, a KEY file can control several BIF files.

       For example:

       foo.key controls:
       •   foo1.bif
       •   foo2.bif
       •   foo3.bif

       foo.key indexes:
       •   bar.are and bar.git from foo1.bif
       •   qux.utc from foo2.bif
       •   baz.txt from foo3.bif

       If you want to extract all files indexed by foo.key, you need to  also  specify  foo1.bif,  foo2.bif  and
       foo3.bif  on  the command.  If foo3.bif is missing, baz.txt will not be extracted.  However, listing file
       only requires the KEY.

OPTIONS

       -h
       --help
             Show a help text and exit.
       --version
             Show version information and exit.
       --nwn2
             Alias file types according to Neverwinter Nights 2 rules.

             Neverwinter Nights 2 reuses a few file extension IDs differently  than  other  BioWare  games.   To
             correctly read Neverwinter Nights 2 KEY/BIF archives, use this flag.
       --jade
             Alias file types according to Jade Empire rules.

             Jade  Empire  reuses  a  few file extension IDs differently than other BioWare games.  To correctly
             read Jade Empire KEY/BIF archives, use this flag.
       command
           l   List archive contents
           e   Extract files to current directory
       file
           A KEY or a BIF file to read.  Multiple KEY and BIF files can be specified; they'll  be  considered  a
           unit.

EXAMPLES

       List all files indexed by the KEY file chitin.key:

             $ unkeybif l chitin.key

       Extract all files contained in data1.bif and data2.bif, that are indexed by chitin.key:

             $ unkeybif e chitin.key data1.bif data2.bif

SEE ALSO

       More information about the xoreos project can be found on its website: https://xoreos.org/.

AUTHORS

       This  program  is  part of the xoreos-tools package, which in turn is part of the xoreos project, and was
       written by the xoreos team.  Please see the AUTHORS file for details.

Debian                                            June 27, 2018                                      UNKEYBIF(1)