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Mount

ASC uses Containerfiles to store many single files in them for easier handling. These Containerfiles can be generated with MOUNT.EXE. It can also be found as DOSMOUNT.EXE, WINMOUNT.EXE and OS2MOUNT.EXE, depending on the platform it runs on. The Win32 and OS2 versions are capable of processing long file names.

To generate a Containerfile, you start MOUNT listfile containerfile, where listfile contains all files to be included, containerfile is the name of the container and should end with .CON to be recognized by ASC.

MOUNT is one of the few ASC tools that do not require any datafiles. So it can be run in any directory.

The listfile is a simple Textfile with a filename on each line. Wildcards are allowed. Duplicate files are automatically removed. All files are automatically compressed. To suppress the compression of certain files, attach a ~ before the filename. Suppressing compression gives a speed increase for loading large files like fullscreen pictures. If compression does not gain any space benefits the file won't be compressed.

Here is an example for a listfile:

palette.pal
~helisun.jpg
progress.*
hexfield.raw
*.fnt
*.raw