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SMPQ(1) 		     General Commands Manual			 SMPQ(1)

SYNOPSIS
     smpq [action] [options] [archive] [files]

NAME
     SMPQ - StormLib MPQ archiving utility, version 1.6

Action
     -c, --create
	    Create new archive with file(s)

     -a, --append, --add
	    Append file(s) to archive

     -d, -r, --delete, --remove
	    Remove file(s) from archive

     -R, --rename
	    Rename file in archive

     -l, --list
	    List file(s) of archive

     -e, -x, --extract
	    Extract file(s) from archive

     -i, --info
	    Show info about archive

     -h, -u, --help, --usage
	    Show this help/usage information

     -V, --license, --version
	    Show version license information

Options
     -L, --listfile <file>
	    Additional external listfile (not used when appending file)

     -n, --no-system-listfiles
	    Do not load system listfile(s) (not used when appending file)

     -N, --no-archive-listfile
	    Do	 not  use/create  archive  listfile  (file  names  will  not  be
	    read/stored)

     -A, --no-attributes
	    Do not allow using file attributes (time, checksum, hash)

     -M, --mpq-version <version>
	    Specify MPQ archive version: (default: use new version 4)

	    1  support up to 4GB size of archive

	    2  support greater then 4GB size of archive (Introduced in World  of
	    Warcraft: The Burning Crusade)

	    3  (Introduced in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta)

	    4  (Introduced in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm)

     -S, --sector-crc
	    Store/Check  CRC  for each sector, ignored if file has none compres-
	    sion or is single unit

     -q, --quiet
	    Be quiet, do not show any output

     -f, -o, --force, --overwrite
	    Enable overwrite file(s)

     -v, --verbose
	    Enable verbose output

     -O, --locale <id>
	    Set locale id (default: neutral=0)

	    For   all	locale	 id   see:   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/li-
	    brary/ms912047(WinEmbedded.10).aspx

Options for appending file(s) to archive
     -m, --max-file-count <count>
	    Set  maximum file count of archive (power of 2, 0 - autodetect) (de-
	    fault: 0)

     -E, --encrypt
	    Store as encrypted

     -F, --fix-key
	    Encryption key will be  adjusted  according  to  file  size  in  the
	    archive (need -E)

     -D, --deletion-marker
	    Set deletion marker

     -U, --single-unit
	    Add file as single unit, cannot be encrypted

     -C, --compression <method>
	    Compression method: (default: ZLIB)

	    none		   None compression

	    IMPLODE		    Pkware Data Compression IMPLODE method - OB-
	    SOLETE (It was used only in Diablo I)

	    PKWARE		   Pkware Data compression

	    HUFFMANN		   Huffmann compression (Introduced in Starcraft
	    I)

	    ADPCM_MONO		   IMA ADPCM compression  for  1-channel  (mono)
	    WAVE  files  - Lossy compression, only for WAVE files (Now it is not
	    used)

	    ADPCM_STEREO	   IMA ADPCM compression for 2-channel	(stereo)
	    WAVE  files  - Lossy compression, only for WAVE files (Now it is not
	    used)

	    ZLIB		   ZLIB compression (Introduced in Warcraft III)

	    BZIP2		   BZIP2 compression  (Introduced  in  World  of
	    Warcraft: The Burning Crusade)

	    SPARSE		    SPARSE  compression (Introduced in Starcraft
	    II)

	    LZMA		   LZMA compression (Introduced in Starcraft II)

	    HUFFMANN+ADPCM_MONO    Together Huffmann and IMA  ADPCM  compression
	    for 1-channel (mono) WAVE files

	    HUFFMANN+ADPCM_STEREO   Together  Huffmann and IMA ADPCM compression
	    for 2-channel (stereo) WAVE files

	    ZLIB+PKWARE 	   Together ZLIB and Pkware Data compression

	    BZIP2+PKWARE	   Together BZIP2 and Pkware Data compression

	    SPARSE+ZLIB 	   Together SPARSE and ZLIB compression

	    SPARSE+PKWARE	   Together SPARSE and Pkware Data compression

	    SPARSE+BZIP2	   Together SPARSE and BZIP2 compression

	    SPARSE+ZLIB+PKWARE	   Together SPARSE, ZLIB and  Pkware  Data  com-
	    pression

	    SPARSE+BZIP2+PKWARE     Together  SPARSE, BZIP2 and Pkware Data com-
	    pression

Options for extracting file(s) from archive
     -P, --partial
	    Archive is partial (default: autodetect) (Partial archives were used
	    by trial version of World of Warcraft)

     -X, --not-encrypted
	    Archive is not encrypted (default: autodetect)  (Encrypted	archives
	    have Starcraft II installation)

     -p     Open more (patched) archives with directory prefix (prefix:archive),
	    when file is in more archives, will be extracted from last

Usage with more (patched) archives
     smpq -l|-x [options] [archive] -p [prefix1:archive1] [prefix2:archive2] ...
     -- [files]

Examples
     Create empty archive `archive.mpq'

	    smpq -c archive.mpq

     Create archive `archive.mpq' with two files `file1.txt' and `file2.txt'

	    smpq -c archive.mpq file1.txt file2.txt

     Extract all files from archive `archive.mpq' to current directory

	    smpq -x archive.mpq

     Extract files with extension .txt from archive `archive.mpq'

	    smpq -x archive.mpq '*.txt'

     Show information about archive `archive.mpq'

	    smpq -i archive.mpq

AUTHOR
     SMPQ is written by Pali RohA!r <pali.rohar@gmail.com>

LICENSE
     SMPQ is distributed under GNU GPL v3

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