WAD(1) QuakeForge User's Manual WAD(1)NAMEwad - The QuakeForge Packfile Tool
SYNOPSISwad <command> [options] ARCHIVE FILE...
DESCRIPTIONwad 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
compressed internally.
COMMANDSwad 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 direc‐
tory with the same names as those inside the archive.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-V, --version
Show the version of wad.
OPTIONSwad 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 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 STATUSwad returns a zero exit status when it has completed a command success‐
fully (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 ALSOquakeforge(1), qfcc(1)QuakeForge 9 Jan, 2004 WAD(1)