npk - neat package system [en:pack]

• Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Park Hyun-woo(ez.amiryo@gmail.com)
• Distributed under MIT license. (see LICENSE for detail)

Why files should be packed?

• Open multiple files vs Open only one file.
  • If you want to open multiple files in your application, kernel should traverse FAT(file allocation tables). It needs lots of time - sometimes even longer than load files into memory. npk has its own list of files and also supports hash table for large packages. Yes, npk is a small logical file system itself.
• Encryption and Compression
  • tar can archive files into a package. But it needs gzip or something to compress files. npk embeds xxtea encyption and zlib compression for convenience. You can just read / write files via npk API, no concern.

What is npk?

'npk' is a file package system, called 'en-pack'.

• Support file compression(zlib) and encryption(xxtea).
• Support most modern operating systems.

npk consists of below items.

• libnpk : ANSI C API based on POSIX.
• npk : Command-line interface tool for npk-formatted files.
• binding
  • pynpk : Python extension
    • https://github.com/lqez/pynpk
  • objnpk : Objective-c extension
    • https://github.com/lqez/objnpk
  • jvnpk : JNI binding
    • (will be available soon)

Installation

• See https://github.com/lqez/npk/wiki/HowToInstall

Or, if you're on OS X and using homebrew then,

$ brew tap lqez/npk
$ brew install npk

Contact

• project homepage : https://github.com/lqez/npk
• issues : https://github.com/lqez/npk/issues
• developer : ez.amiryo+npk@gmail.com

License

Distributed under MIT/X license. See LICENSE file.