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4DLB(6)                        1993                         DLB(6)
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8NAME
9     dlb - NetHack data librarian
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11SYNOPSIS
12     dlb { xct } [ vfIC ] arguments...  [ files... ]
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14DESCRIPTION
15     Dlb is a file archiving tool in the spirit  (and  tradition)
16     of  tar  for  NetHack version 3.1 and higher.  It is used to
17     maintain the archive files from which NetHack reads  special
18     level files and other read-only information.  Note that like
19     tar the command and option specifiers  are  specified  as  a
20     continuous string and are followed by any arguments required
21     in the same order as the option specifiers.
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23     This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack
24     configuration.
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26COMMANDS
27     The x command causes dlb to  extract  the  contents  of  the
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30     The c command causes dlb to create a new archive from  files
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33     The t command lists the files in the archive.
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35OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
36     v           verbose output
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38     f archive   specify the archive.  Default if f not specified
39     is LIBFILE (usually the nhdat file in the playground).
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41     I lfile     specify the file containing the list of files to
42     put in to or extract from the archive if no files are listed
43     on the command line.  Default for  archive  creation  if  no
44     files are listed is LIBLISTFILE.
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46     C dir       change directory.  Changes directory before try-
47     ing to read any files (including the archive and the lfile).
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49EXAMPLES
50     Create the default archive from the default file list:
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53     List the contents of the archive 'foo':
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56AUTHOR
57     Kenneth Lorber
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70DLB(6)                        1993                         DLB(6)
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74SEE ALSO
75     nethack(6), tar(1)
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77BUGS
78     Not a good tar emulation; - does not mean stdin  or  stdout.
79     Should  include  an  optional compression facility.  Not all
80     read-only files for NetHack can be read out of  an  archive;
81     examining the source is the only way to know which files can
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