ACVT(1)

NAME
acvt - convert between Atari 8-bit disk image formats

SYNOPSIS

acvt [-xfd | -atr | -scp | -dcm | -di] [-batchmode] [-autorepair] [-norepair] [-errstop] [-over] [-test] [-classic] input-file [output-file]

DESCRIPTION

acvt converts Atari 8-bit images between various formats. It can also repair some kinds of problems with broken/corrupted images.

Supported formats are:

ATR Originally defined by SIOPC; the modern standard format.

XFD Originally defined by the XFormer emulator; raw images.

DCM DiskComm (Disk Communicator) images.

SCP SpartaDOS SCOPY images.

DI  XL/ST link / XLDJ disk images.

    If no output-file is given, the filename is created automatically by replacing the filename extension (e.g. foo.xfd becomes foo.atr).

    If the output file already exists, it will not be overwritten unless the -over option is given.

    If the input file is invalid, acvt may prompt for a repair method.

OPTIONS

-xfd, -atr, -scp, -dcm, -di
    Output disk image format. Default is -atr.

-batchmode
    Multi-file processing mode. Only input files are specified on command-line. Regular expressions are allowed. Output filenames are created automatically.

-autorepair
    Automatically determines the best repair method (rather than prompting).

-norepair
    Doesn't ask for repair options and considers input file invalid if it needs repair.

-errstop
    In batch mode, exits on the first error encountered.

-over
    Overwrites existing files.

-test
    Load input images and display their state, but do not write output.

-classic
    Force output to be one of the classic Atari disk sizes (90K, 128K, 180K).

COPYRIGHT

This utility is released under the GNU General Public License.

AUTHORS

This utility was written by Jindrich Kubec, AKA Jindroush.

This page was written by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>.

SEE ALSO

acvt(1), aext(1), bas2boot(1), chkbas(1), chkexe(1), chkrom(1).