zixl-dump writes a package out as .idt files and streams #21

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opened 2026-10-14 09:50:54 -05:00 by jeff · 1 comment

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Part of #18

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zixl-dump [-t] [-s] [-d DIR] FILE, as msidump has it. It writes each table as TABLE.idt and each binary cell's stream into a directory named for its table. With -s, it also writes every stream into _Streams. -S (the signature) is refused by name.

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The files written match msidump's for zixl's and wixl's package of every fixture, apart from the documented differences.
-d chooses the directory, the current one by default.

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Part of #18 ## What to build `zixl-dump [-t] [-s] [-d DIR] FILE`, as `msidump` has it. It writes each table as `TABLE.idt` and each binary cell's stream into a directory named for its table. With `-s`, it also writes every stream into `_Streams`. `-S` (the signature) is refused by name. ## Acceptance criteria - [ ] The files written match `msidump`'s for zixl's and wixl's package of every fixture, apart from the documented differences. - [ ] `-d` chooses the directory, the current one by default. ## Blocked by - #20

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The end-to-end tests read packages with zixl's own tools #22

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#20 zixl-info exports tables, and lists and extracts streams

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#22 The end-to-end tests read packages with zixl's own tools

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Spec: M3 — zixl reads installer packages #18

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Write a package out as .idt files and streams with zixl-dump (#21)

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Done in 5cecf36, green in CI run 18.

zixl-dump takes -t, -s and -d, as msidump does. -S is refused by name.
Binary cells go in TABLE/KEY.ibd and streams into _Streams. The summary stream's file has no leading control character, which Windows forbids in file names (ADR-0006).
Every .idt, binary file and stream matches msidump's for both packages of every fixture, after the documented normalizations.

Done in 5cecf36, green in CI run 18. - `zixl-dump` takes `-t`, `-s` and `-d`, as `msidump` does. `-S` is refused by name. - Binary cells go in `TABLE/KEY.ibd` and streams into `_Streams`. The summary stream's file has no leading control character, which Windows forbids in file names (ADR-0006). - Every `.idt`, binary file and stream matches `msidump`'s for both packages of every fixture, after the documented normalizations.

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Spec: M3 — zixl reads installer packages #18