MBK_OUT_FILTER(1)

📦 version 5.1.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

🦋 NAME 🦋

MBK_OUT_FILTER — define the input filter

okay bestie so yes, the NAME line literally says input filter and this whole page is about the output filter. we are simply reporting the lore as it was written. moving on 💅

🌸 ORIGIN 🌸

this software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM, developed by the ASIM team at the LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. iconic academic lineage honestly 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

MBK_OUT_FILTER sets the output filter used when writing compressed Alliance files. the filter is typically a string containing a filename and options, fr fr. 📦

here's the vibe check on how the filter has to behave: it must read the non compressed data flow on its standard input, and write the compressed data flow on its standard output. that's the whole deal, no cap. 🌈

🚨 okay this is the part where you actually pay attention. if a non compressed version of a file already exists in the same target directory, and the designer wants to save a compressed version of that file, then — to make sure the file that gets read later is the compressed one and not the non compressed one — the non compressed file is DELETED. like, gone gone. 💀 so be aware of that before you go turning filters on.

and to actually activate filters at all, the variable MBK_FILTER_SFX must be set. no MBK_FILTER_SFX, no filter energy. periodt. ✨

🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

writing compressed files with gzip :

setenv MBK_OUT_FILTER "/asim/gnu/bin/gzip -c"
setenv MBK_FILTER_SFX ".gz"

look at her go 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

mbk(3), MBK_FILTER_SFX(1), MBK_IN_FILTER(1), mbkenv(1).

go read those too, they're the friend group, iykyk 💜

💀 BUG REPORT 💀

this tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.

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anyway that's the whole page bestie. it's from ASIM/LIP6, dated October 1, 1999 — yeah she's an elder but she still slays 🧚 mwah, go compress responsibly 💖

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