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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +-- RDAR -- + +RDAR stands for Reduced Disk Archive Format and serves to be a minimal bundle format (similar to tar) +for various applications, primarily operating system initial ramdisks. RDAR does not intend to +replace existing formats and instead aims to provide a potential alternative to them for +minimalists. + +-- BUILDING -- + +To build, you'll need bop. This can be found at https://aptel.org/bop/ + +-- FORMAT -- + +The format is simple: + + 0: root [points to root data region (rdr)] + / + / +0~ [DATA DESCRIPTOR] ---------+ OFFSET +1~ [DATA DESCRIPTOR] -------- |---+ OFFSET +2~ [FILE] <------------------+ | +3~ [FILE] <----------------------+ diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 4a1151d..0000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -# RDAR - -RDAR stands for Reduced Disk Archive Format and serves to be a minimal bundle format (similar to tar) for various applications, primarily operating system initial ramdisks. RDAR does not intend to replace existing formats and instead aims to provide a potential alternative to them for minimalists. - -## Building - -Install  and run ``BOP_BUILD=core bop build`` - -## Format - -The format is simple: - -``` - 0: root [points to root data region (rdr)] - / - / -0~ [DATA DESCRIPTOR] ---------+ OFFSET -1~ [DATA DESCRIPTOR] -------- |---+ OFFSET -2~ [FILE] <------------------+ | -3~ [FILE] <----------------------+ -``` |