From: locke AT mcs DOT net (Peter Johnson)
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Subject: Re: New WAD-like file format
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 05:13:20 GMT
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On 9 Mar 1998 16:05:11 -0700, brennan AT news DOT rt66 DOT com (Brennan "Bas"
Underwood) wrote:

I wrote something similar called KLUStor with the additional benefit
of "plug-in" compression (anything from LZO to ZLIB or even
uncompressed).  Comes with all source & handles HUGE files--C++ or C
implementations available.  Find it at
http://www.mcs.net/~locke/Files/klu301.zip

For documentation/questions, just email me :)

Unfortunately, it doesn't have stdio-type functions, but does have
transparent access to external files (ala-Quake).

Peter Johnson
locke AT mcs DOT net

P.S. sorry for piggybacking off Brennan's message, just letting people
know of other systems like this.

>Quite a while ago, I whipped together a WAD-like file format which allows
>reading back from it with stdio-type functions and also can transparently
>access files outside the packed file. It's called 'Sausage.' It comes
>with a quick-n-dirty sausage packer program.
>
>It's BETA. That means it works for me and a few others who have tried it.
>I won't have a lot of time in the coming weeks to give a ton of support
>for it, but I try to help as much as I can.
>
>I'm just sick of downloading games in progress and ending up with hundreds
>of files, each taking up a minimum of 32k due to my clustersize.
>
>So, use and enjoy! There are no known bugs at this time, but I guarantee
>nothing, holmes. Also, if you modify it, especially to add functionality,
>please send me the changes so they can be incorporated for all to enjoy.
>
>http://brennan.home.ml.org/programming/
>
>
>Brennan
>-- 
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