# Huffman archiver

An archiver that uses Huffman code for compression

## Building from source

#### Prerequisite Tools

* [Git](https://git-scm.com/download)
* [Go (version 1.17 or later)](https://go.dev/dl)

1. Install all prerequisite tools
2. Clone this repository

```bash
git clone https://ashley.sch9.ru/git/mrfoxygmfr/huffman-archiver
```

3. Build executable binary

```bash
go build -o huffman main.go
```

## Usage

#### Archiving

To archive a file, use the command

```bash
./huffman encode <archive name> <file name>
```

where `<file name>` is the name of the file to be compressed, `<archive name>` is the name of the archive to be created.

#### Unpacking

To unpack a file, use the command

```bash
./huffman decode <archive name> <file name>
```

where `<archive name>` is the name of the archive to unpack, `<file name>` is the name of the file to save.