sow

/səʊ/ (verb)

1. plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.
2. disseminate or introduce (something undesirable).

This package lets you compress a folder into a readable file, and expand that file to a folder again.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

You need NodeJS (Version 10 or greater) on your computer.

Settings

Sample settings.js file:

module.exports = {
  numbers: {
    "XXXXXXXXX": "Someone",
    "YYYYYYYYY": "Someone Else"
  },
  numberSeperator: "--------------------------------",
  fileIdentifier: ["-------------!- ", " -!-------------"],
  spacing: [2,3],
  ignore: []
}

Usage

To create single file from input folder

npx sown compress <folder>

To create output folder from single file

npx sown expand <file> -o <folder>

Please do not forget to clear output folder before expanding another file.

Limitages

• Please do not use short fileIdentifier.
• Only use UTF-8 Files when compressing.
• Use the same settings.js file while expanding.

Built With

• NodeJS - JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine

Authors

• Ata Gülalan - Initial work - atagulalan

Acknowledgments

• You CANNOT use joined fileIdentifier as numberSeperator.
• Keep it simple or encounter with an error.

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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