I highly suggest against making manual changes to the DB file, but if you
must; make sure your editor uses the correct CR/LF combination (I can't
recall which) and DOES NOT modify any of the formatting (a hex editor will
work in a pinch, I believe vi will edit the file without corrupting it as
well). You may also want to learn up the DB structure (as defined in db.c,
if I recall). The database will never be fully plaintext, even
decompressed.

To decompress the DB file, run protomuck normally with the -decompress
command-line option and @dump your database.

-Hinoserm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Piacenti" <jonathan@...>
To: <protomuck@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:08 AM
Subject: [protomuck] Decompressing the database


I noticed that the database has a dictionary-based compression applied
to it. How do I get a plaintext version to edit by hand in case I
screw up royally?