Added reading of Doom WAD files in Zig

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/zig-wad/main.zig b/zig-wad/main.zig
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+++ b/zig-wad/main.zig
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+const std = @import("std");
+
+const WADHeader = struct { identification: [4]u8 };
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile("doom.wad", .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    var buffer = try std.heap.page_allocator.alignedAlloc(u8, @alignOf(WADHeader), @sizeOf(WADHeader));
+    defer std.heap.page_allocator.free(buffer);
+
+    _ = try file.read(buffer);
+
+    var header: *const WADHeader = @as(*const WADHeader, @ptrCast(buffer.ptr));
+    std.debug.print("WAD Type: {s}\n", .{header.identification});
+}