Kaitai Struct: runtime library for Lua

This library implements Kaitai Struct API for Lua 5.3.

Kaitai Struct is a declarative language used for describe various binary data structures, laid out in files or in memory: i.e. binary file formats, network stream packet formats, etc.

Further reading:

• About Kaitai Struct
• About API implemented in this library

Installation

1. You can clone the runtime library with Git:

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_lua_runtime.git

   If you clone without --recurse-submodules, the runtime library will work too, but you'll not be able to parse formats that use process: zlib - calling KaitaiStream.process_zlib will fail. If you need zlib support but the runtime was cloned without --recurse-submodules, run:

   git submodule update --init --recursive

2. Or if you want to add the runtime library to your project as a Git submodule:

   git submodule add https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_lua_runtime.git [<path>]
   git submodule update --init --recursive

   The second command is only required if you need support for process: zlib.

Licensing

Copyright 2017-2022 Kaitai Project: MIT license

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