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

NAME
     wad - The QuakeForge Packfile Tool

SYNOPSIS
     wad <command> [options] ARCHIVE FILE...

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

COMMANDS
     wad 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 wad.

OPTIONS
     wad 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 ver-
	    sions of wad.

     -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 wad's normal output.

     -v, --verbose
	    Display more output than usual.

EXIT STATUS
     wad 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			   9 Jan, 2004				  WAD(1)

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