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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-21 06:07:42 -0500 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-21 06:07:42 -0500 |
| commit | 610086ad82c30cb86ff7b011b1d2e4b38a748df0 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ccb7fd63881109c052af278252816d419a5c1d0 /src/unalf.rst | |
| parent | 44541066424e2ff1490f25a2b512a1a609506243 (diff) | |
| download | alftools-610086ad82c30cb86ff7b011b1d2e4b38a748df0.tar.gz | |
Check for wildcards matching *.alf; generally this is an error.
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diff --git a/src/unalf.rst b/src/unalf.rst index 32a3982..7ba2f0a 100644 --- a/src/unalf.rst +++ b/src/unalf.rst @@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ Besides the standard error messages such as "no such file or directory": an Atari running Atari DOS 2.0/2.5, or any other DOS that doesn't allow underscores in filenames. +**ALF files don't normally contain other ALF files, are you trying to extract/list multiple ALF files at once?** + You gave a *wildcard* argument that ends with *.alf*. This is OK if + your *ALF* file actually contains another *ALF* file, but that would + be a pathological case. Most likely, you're trying to extract multiple + *ALF* files with one command, which doesn't work. Use one **unalf** + command per file. + NOTES ===== |