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]: The Linux Ripper's Toolkit            Pre-Release Beta   ]:
]: By Belgorath <belgo@share.net>        v0.1               ]:
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     As the title implies, the Linux Ripper's Toolkit is a
package, although somewhat in its infancy, to steal Amiga modules
out of your favorite MS-DOS demos. It consists of two programs:

rip    - Will scan a given file for 6CHN, 8CHN, M.K., FLT4, and
         FLT8 module signatures, and report the possible beginning
         of a module.
grab   - Will grap a selected chunk of data out of a file.

     If the use of these programs is not obvious, let's give it a
shot:

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(first, check the size of the file...)
chicken:~# ls -l appeal.exe
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      1188635 Sep  2  1993 appeal.exe

(Next, see if it contains modules!)
chicken:~# rip appeal.exe
Found ProTracker [xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] at position 36024
Found 6-Channel [xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] at position 36032
Found 6-Channel [ libertine] at position 729587

(The first two readings look false, but the third one's a possibility!
 1188635 (file length) - 729587 (where module was found) = 459048, so
 let's try ripping that out.)
chicken:~# grab appeal.exe 729587 459048 appeal.mod
chicken:~# s3mod appeal.mod
(Success!)
(Apologies to Cascada, but Hex Appeal's a wonderful module...)

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     Okay, got the idea? Simple, yep. As of release 1.0, I'll add
S3M, MTM, WOW, FAR, 669, NST, AMF, STM, and many other module formats
as well as a user-friendly front-end. Why did I release this 'rough'
version? To give you something to work with and make your own cool
module ripper!

Belgorath
(belgo@share.net)
