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.