class BigReader::File

• BigReader::File
• Reference
• Object

Overview

A File is the general access point to a .big file This will read all the headers and has the ability to extract an file from it

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Constructors

• .new(file : ::File)

  Create a new reader based on the given file This will preload all the headers (global & file) Files can be extracted with the #extract method

Instance Method Summary

• #extract(index : IndexedFile, base_dir = "")

  Extraxts a single file from the big file For reference it needs the index of what to read This will keep the same directory structure as present in the name An optional base_dir this will be used as the start location of extraction

• #file_handle : File
• #file_index : Array(BigReader::IndexedFile)
• #header : Header

Constructor Detail

big_file = BigReader::File.new(File.open("example.big"))

Instance Method Detail

big_file = BigReader::File.new(File.open("example.big"))
big_file.extract(big_file.file_index.first)