libaaruformat 1.0.0-alpha.30

This is a prerelease version of libaaruformat.
dotnet add package libaaruformat --version 1.0.0-alpha.30
                    
NuGet\Install-Package libaaruformat -Version 1.0.0-alpha.30
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="libaaruformat" Version="1.0.0-alpha.30" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="libaaruformat" Version="1.0.0-alpha.30" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="libaaruformat" />
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add libaaruformat --version 1.0.0-alpha.30
                    
#r "nuget: libaaruformat, 1.0.0-alpha.30"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package libaaruformat@1.0.0-alpha.30
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=libaaruformat&version=1.0.0-alpha.30&prerelease
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=libaaruformat&version=1.0.0-alpha.30&prerelease
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

libaaruformat

C implementation of Aaru file format.

The target is to be able to compile it with a normal C (C89 compliant) compiler.

There are no external dependencies.

cmake is not a hard dependency, it's merely for the ease of using IDEs (specifically CLion).

Currently supported features:

  • AaruFormat V1 images reading (writing will never be implemented)
  • AaruFormat V2 images reading and writing
  • LZMA compression
  • Claunia Subchannel Transform
  • Optical disc tracks
  • XML metadata retrieval (writing will never be implemented)
  • JSON metadata retrieval and writing
  • Hashing while writing (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SpamSum and BLAKE3)
  • Deduplication
  • Tape file and partitions
  • Dump hardware lists
  • Currently on sync (as of October 2025) with Aaru's media type list
  • CHS geometry retrieval and setting
  • Metadata
  • Unit testing
  • Automatic generation of API documentation
  • It is to all effects feature parity with C#

Things still to be implemented that are already in the C# version:

  • Automatic media type generation from C# enumeration
  • Nuget package for linking with Aaru

Things to be implemented not in the C# version (maybe):

  • Compile for Dreamcast (KallistiOS preferibly)
  • Compile for PlayStation Portable
  • Compile for Wii
  • Compile for Wii U
  • Compile for PlayStation 2
  • Compile for PlayStation 3
  • Snapshots
  • Parent images
  • Data positioning measurements

Building and Testing

Standard Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Running Tests

cd build
ctest --verbose

Building with Address Sanitizer

For debugging memory issues, you can build with Address Sanitizer enabled:

mkdir build-asan
cd build-asan
cmake -DUSE_ASAN=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
cmake --build .
ctest --verbose

For detailed information on using Address Sanitizer to detect memory issues, see docs/ASAN_USAGE.md.

Other Build Options

  • -DUSE_SLOG=ON - Enable slog logging for debugging
  • -DUSE_ASAN=ON - Enable Address Sanitizer for memory error detection
There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

This package has no dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.

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