JAPM (Just Another PBO Manager)

Utility allowing you to pack / unpack Bohemia Interactive’s PBO files for Arma 3 game. Implemented in C and is cross-platform Linux / Windows, this piece of software can be used in automatized scripts which may come handy for server owners.

Features

• Pack / Unpack
• Supports Extended Header Format
• Supports Compression

Building From Sources

Linux

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

Linux (Docker)

$ docker build -t japm .
$ docker run --rm -it japm -h

Windows (cross-building)

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../windows.cmake ..
$ make

USAGE

$ ./JAPM -h
USAGE
        ./JAPM [OPTIONS] input [output]
OPTIONS
        -h      Print this help message and discard other options
        -q      Quiet: does not print status
        -w      No warning
        -v      Display version and discard other options

It is possible to run a pre-compiled version of JAPM through Docker using rajiska/japm image.

Credits

SHA1 Library by Steve Reid

Thanks

• Mikero for his PBO File Format wiki page
• The various people who helped me searching how it was all working