Minimal File Compression Tool (MFCT)

This project is just for my own experimentation purpose. Not really a tool.

(Decompression code is still under development)

Features:

• Supported file types: ASCII text files.
• Algorithms used: Huffman Coding algorithm.
• Written in C++11.

Build instructions:

• There are two types of builds that can be generated, release and debug builds:
  • To generate release build:

    make

  • To generate debug build:

    make debug=y

• The output binary will be available in the bin directory with the name "zz".

Usage guide:

• Run the file bin/zz to use the program.
• Usage:

  zz <filename>

• The compressed file generated will be produced in the same directory with a ".compressed" string appended to its name.

(NOTE: This program only works for ASCII text files. I do not guarantee the result of compressing other type of files and ofcourse it won't work correctly.)