      A DLB(6)                        1993                         DLB(6)        NAME!      dlb - NetHack data librarian    SYNOPSIS4      dlb { xct } [ vfIC ] arguments...  [ files... ]   DESCRIPTION A      Dlb is a file archiving tool in the spirit  (and  tradition) A      of  tar  for  NetHack version 3.1 and higher.  It is used to A      maintain the archive files from which NetHack reads  special A      level files and other read-only information.  Note that like A      tar the command and option specifiers  are  specified  as  a A      continuous string and are followed by any arguments required 0      in the same order as the option specifiers.  A      This facility is optional and may be excluded during NetHack       configuration.    COMMANDSA      The x command causes dlb to  extract  the  contents  of  the (      archive into the current directory.  A      The c command causes dlb to create a new archive from  files       in the current directory.  2      The t command lists the files in the archive.   OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS       v           verbose output   A      f archive   specify the archive.  Default if f not specified ;      is LIBFILE (usually the nhdat file in the playground).   A      I lfile     specify the file containing the list of files to A      put in to or extract from the archive if no files are listed A      on the command line.  Default for  archive  creation  if  no %      files are listed is LIBLISTFILE.   A      C dir       change directory.  Changes directory before try- A      ing 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           A Oct                      Last change: 28                        1             A DLB(6)                        1993                         DLB(6)        SEE ALSO      nethack(6), tar(1)    BUGSA      Not a good tar emulation; - does not mean stdin  or  stdout. A      Should  include  an  optional compression facility.  Not all A      read-only files for NetHack can be read out of  an  archive; A      examining the source is the only way to know which files can       be.                                                                                            A Oct                      Last change: 28                        2       