NAME

     erf — BioWare ERF (.erf, .mod, .nwm, .sav) archive packer

SYNOPSIS

     erf [options] output_archive [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     erf packs files together into a BioWare ERF archive, found in many BioWare Games as files
     with the extension .erf, .mod, .nwm or .sav.  Moreover, in some games, a .rim file might be
     an ERF instead of a RIM.

     There's several different versions of ERFs.  This tool supports only version V1.0, as used
     by Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II, Jade
     Empire and The Witcher.

     Unsupported Features:
     ·   Generation of archives with stripped filenames.
     ·   Generation of zlib-compressed archives.
     ·   Generation of Blowfish-encrypted archives.
     ·   Generation of XOR-encrypted archives.
     ·   Setting of a description for archives.
     ·   Usage of paths in archives.

OPTIONS

     -h
     --help
           Show a help text and exit.
     --version
           Show version information and exit.
     --erf
           Set archive ID to ERF.
     --mod
           Set archive ID to MOD.
     --hak
           Set archive ID to HAK.
     --sav
           Set archive ID to SAV.
     --jade
           Unalias file types according to Jade Empire rules.

           Jade Empire reuses a few file extension IDs differently than other BioWare games.  To
           correctly write Jade Empire ERF archives, use this flag.
     output_archive
           The ERF archive to be written.
     files
           One or more files to pack together.

EXAMPLES

     Pack some files together into an ERF archive:

           $ erf archive.erf file1.dat file2.dat file3.dat

     Pack some files together into a SAV archive:

           $ erf --sav archive.sav file1.dat file2.dat file3.dat

SEE ALSO

     unerf(1), unherf(1)

     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.