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PAK(1)                     QuakeForge User's Manual                     PAK(1)

NAME

pak - The QuakeForge Packfile Tool

SYNOPSIS

pak <command> [options] ARCHIVE FILE...

DESCRIPTION

pak is a utility for managing pack (*.pak) archives. The format used is compatible with Quake and Quake II. Pak archives are a convenient way to store groups of related files. Some engines allow pak archives to be compressed internally.

COMMANDS

pak accepts the following arguments as a command. Only one command may be used at a time. -c, --create Create an archive. Overwrites any contents the archive may have had. -t, --test Test an archive for valid formatting. -x, --extract Extract an archive. Overwrites any files in the current directory with the same names as those inside the archive. -h, --help Show summary of options. -V, --version Show the version of pak.

OPTIONS

pak takes the following arguments as options. -f, --file ARCHIVE Use ARCHIVE as the archive filename, instead of the first non- option argument. This option is provided for compatibility with older versions of pak. -p, --pad Can be useful when creating an archive. File space is padded to a 4-byte boundary, assisting in the speed of loading files from the archive. The file data itself is not changed. -q, --quiet Inhibit some of pak's normal output. -v, --verbose Display more output than usual.

EXIT STATUS

pak returns a zero exit status when it has completed a command successfully (without error). Otherwise, it returns a non-zero exit status.

BUGS

The program does not currently handle compression or decompression. This is planned for a future version. The program does not currently handle extraction of individual files inside an archive. This is planned for a future version. The program cannot modify an archive once it has been created.

AUTHORS

Bill Currie (taniwha@quakeforge.net) wrote most of the program. Jeff Teunissen (deek@quakeforge.net) wrote the command-line interface and the documentation.

SEE ALSO

quakeforge(1), qfcc(1) QuakeForge 03 May, 2002 PAK(1)

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