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30 lines
1.7 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
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<pkgmetadata>
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<herd>games</herd>
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<longdescription>
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PhysicsFS is a library to provide abstract access to various archives. It is
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intended for use in video games, and the design was somewhat inspired by Quake 3's
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file subsystem. The programmer defines a "write directory" on the physical
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filesystem. No file writing done through the PhysicsFS API can leave that write
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directory, for security. For example, an embedded scripting language cannot write
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outside of this path if it uses PhysFS for all of its I/O, which means that
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untrusted scripts can run more safely. Symbolic links can be disabled as well, for
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added safety. For file reading, the programmer lists directories and archives that
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form a "search path". Once the search path is defined, it becomes a single,
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transparent hierarchical filesystem. This makes for easy access to ZIP files in the
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same way as you access a file directly on the disk, and it makes it easy to ship a
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new archive that will override a previous archive on a per-file basis. Finally,
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PhysicsFS gives you platform-abstracted means to determine if CD-ROMs are available,
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the user's home directory, where in the real filesystem your program is running,
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etc.
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</longdescription>
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<use>
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<flag name="grp">Enable Build Engine GRP archive support</flag>
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<flag name="hog">Enable Descent I/II HOG archive support</flag>
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<flag name="mvl">Enable Descent I/II MVL archive support</flag>
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<flag name="wad">Enable Doom WAD archive support</flag>
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<flag name="qpak">Enable Quake I/II QPAK archive support</flag>
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<flag name="zip">Enable ZIP archive support</flag>
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</use>
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</pkgmetadata>
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