gob-archive

Rust-written CLI archiver and un-archiver for the LucasArts GOB archive format.

This program depends on the gob-rs GOB parsing library.

It's tested to be able to unpack GOB files of (but is likely not limited to):

• Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
• Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

Installation

See releases or build the program yourself via cargo:

cargo install gob_archive

Usage

Syntax

gob_archive [mode] [source] [destination?]

• mode
  • x => Archive extraction mode.
  • extract => Archive extraction mode (verbose status output).
  • c => Archive creation mode.
  • create => Archive creation mode (verbose status output).
• source Source archive or directory for extraction or creation respectively.
• destination (optional) Destination directory or file for extraction or creation respectively.

Extraction

Will extract contents of CD1.GOB to /path/to/CD1 (directory will be created if non-existent):

gob_archive x /path/to/CD1.GOB

Will extract contents of CD1.GOB to /path/to/destination/ (directory will be created if non-existent):

gob_archive x /path/to/CD1.GOB /path/to/destination/

Creation

Will archive and write contents of CD1 to path/to/CD1.GOB (file will be created if non-existent):

gob_archive c /path/to/CD1

Will archive and write contents of CD1 to path/to/destination.GOB (file will be created if non-existent):

gob_archive c /path/to/CD1 /path/to/destination.GOB

License

This software is dual-licensed under the MIT license and Apache License, Version 2.0.