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expack(1)		     General Commands Manual		       expack(1)

NAME
     expack - manipulate Flex files

SYNOPSIS
     expack -a FLEXFILE FILE...

     expack -c FLEXFILE FILE...

     expack -x FLEXFILE [INDEX]

     expack -i MANIFEST

     expack -l FLEXFILE

DESCRIPTION
     expack  is  a  command-line  utility  that lets you extract and create Flex
     files.  Flex files are archives (which means that they  act  as  containers
     for  other  files,  somewhat  like directories) used by Ultima VII to store
     most of its data. Note that the names of the original files are not  stored
     in the Flex -- files are only retrievable by their index.

   Modes of operation
     -a Add
	    --NOT  IMPLEMENTED	YET.  FUTURE ENHANCEMENT-- This command adds one
	    or more FILEs to the end of FLEXFILE.

     -c Create
	    This command takes one or more FILEs and bundles them into FLEXFILE,
	    overwriting it in the process.

     -x Extract
	    Lets you extract the files contained within FLEXFILE.  If  INDEX  is
	    given only the file at this position will be unpacked, otherwise all
	    files are extracted. The created files will be named index.u7o.

     -i Input
	    Similar  to "Create", this command creates FLEXFILE from a number of
	    input files. However, "Input" takes the names  of  the  input  files
	    from MANIFEST instead of the command line.

	    MANIFEST  must be a list of file names, one per line. The first name
	    is that of the Flex file that is to be created, the rest are the in-
	    put files used in building it.

     -l List
	    This command lists the contents of a FLEXFILE.   It  gives	you  the
	    number  of	files  contained  within  the  Flex file, as well as the
	    length of each file.

EXAMPLES
     expack -a animals.flx bee.wav
	    Adds bee.wav to the Flex file animals.flx.

     expack -a animals.flx hamster.wav snake.wav donkey.wav
	    Adds hamster.wav, snake.wav, and donkey.wav to the	Flex  file  ani-
	    mals.flx.

     expack -c animals.flx duck.wav cat.wav cow.wav dog.wav
	    Creates  a	new  Flex file animals.flx containing duck.wav, cat.wav,
	    cow.wav, and dog.wav.

     expack -x text.flx 17
	    Extracts the file at position 17fromtext.flxinto17.u7o.

     expack -x text.flx
	    Extracts all files from text.flx  into  files  named  0.u7o,  1.u7o,
	    2.u7o, etc.

     expack -i wavlist
	    With wavlist reading:

	    jmsfx.flx
	    ant.wav
	    bee.wav
	    cat.wav

	    will  create  a  new  Flex	file  jmsfx.flx  consisting  of ant.wav,
	    bee.wav, andcat.wav.

     expack -l text.flx
	    Lists the number and lenghts of files contained in text.flx.

BUGS
     The "Add" command (-a) does not work yet.

AUTHOR
     This manpage was written by Robert Bihlmeyer based on a text by  Marc  Win-
     terrowd. It may be freely redistributed and modified under the terms of the
     GNU General Public License version 2 or higher.

Exult				   2002-03-23			       expack(1)

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