Archive::Tyd 0.02 review

Archive::Tyd is a Perl extension for simple file archiving. SYNOPSIS use Archive::Tyd; my $tyd = new Archive::Tyd (passw

License: Perl Artistic License File size: 8K Developer: C. J. Kirsle

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Archive::Tyd is a Perl extension for simple file archiving.

SYNOPSIS

use Archive::Tyd;

my $tyd = new Archive::Tyd (password => 'secret password');

# Load an archive.
$tyd->openArchive ("./archive.tyd");

# Add a file.
$tyd->addFile ("./secret image.jpg");

# Write the archive.
$tyd->writeArchive ("./archive.tyd");

# Read the secret rules.
my $rules = $tyd->readFile ("rules.txt");

Tyd is a simple archiving algorith for merging multiple files together and encrypting the results, hence a password-protected archive.

Tyd Does: Reading and writing of encrypted Tyd archives and file operations within.

Tyd Does: Load all files into memory. Tyd is not good as a storage device for a large quanitity of large files. Tyd is best for keeping small text files and graphics together (maybe to keep a spriteset and definitions for a game?)

Tyd Does Not: support directories within the archive, compression of files, and many other things that WinZip and GZip support.

Requirements:
Perl