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# Packages
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In this directory, I created ``.zip`` packages of all games for BBS distribution.
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The files are created by using Info-ZIP ``zip`` on Linux.
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## The .zip packages
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All .zip packages are placed in the directory [ZIP](ZIP/).
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The files can be extracted using the CP/M UNZIP command that can also be found here:
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* [UNZIP154.COM](UNZIP154.COM) - CP/M binary
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* [UNZIP154.LBR](UNZIP154.LBR) - archive including source
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The Github repository for this UNZIP can be found here: https://github.com/agn453/UNZIP-CPM-Z80
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## Package creation
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I've created scripts to automatically create the .zip archives as well as the HDimage.
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For this to work, in every game directory, a file called ``.package`` is created which controls
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the package creation process.
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``.package`` is a semicolon separated file.
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The first value contains a letter which indicates:
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| N | name of the package (for .zip creation) |
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| F | file (binary or game data) |
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| S | source file (won't be put into HDimage) |
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| R | README file, will be renamed <packagename>.DOC |
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| D | description, will be put into ``FILE_ID.DIZ`` |
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The second value contains the value for the kind of line.
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Optionally, a third value can exist for ``F``, ``S`` and ``R`` lines which defines a target filename,
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eg. if the original filename does not conform to the ``8.3`` format. The file will be put in the archive
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under this new filename.
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For example:
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S;gpl-3.0.txt;GPL3.TXT
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will put the file ``gpl-3.0.txt`` as ``GPL3.TXT`` in the .zip file, but not in the HDimage (as
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source files will only be put in the .zip archives).
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