Total Commander Plugin Tutorial

This repository contains sample code accompanying a tutorial about writing a Packer Plugin (WCX) for Total Commander file manager app.

It also defines a simple, custom archive format that uses zlib library for data compression.

The tutorial itself has been published in Polish language in issue 5/2025 (120) of Programista magazine, and later published online as:

• (English) Total Commander – a Plugin Supporting a Custom Archive Format
• (Polish) Total Commander – wtyczka obsługująca własny format archiwum

Author: Adam Sawicki, https://asawicki.info

License of the code: MIT

Written for Windows in C++ using Visual Studio 2022.

External libraries used:

• zlib - data compression library
  • Bundled in src\third_party\zlib-1.3.1
• str_view - null-termination-aware string-view class for C++
  • Bundled in src\third_party\str_view.hpp

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