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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-28 00:18:28 -0500 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-28 00:18:28 -0500 |
| commit | 802b5a0760179d9a5fd2d241745733c42a67fcc4 (patch) | |
| tree | 027f4e011bec6c8618ee87e882aebb383460940c /src/unalf.rst | |
| parent | 15b09c5ad590b6c8662c7d55319235b917eeb597 (diff) | |
| download | alftools-802b5a0760179d9a5fd2d241745733c42a67fcc4.tar.gz | |
Update unalf man page.
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diff --git a/src/unalf.rst b/src/unalf.rst index c6ad52c..e94fc21 100644 --- a/src/unalf.rst +++ b/src/unalf.rst @@ -242,15 +242,16 @@ Warnings **unalf** will continue after these messages occur. -**junk at EOF (ignored)** +**junk at EOF (ignoring)** + Mostly harmless: does *not* imply data corruption. + Usually this is caused by the .alf file being stored on a CP/M disk at some time, or by a dumb file transfer protocol. Either way, the file gets padded to the block size of the filesystem or protocol. Usually, the padding characters are **0x1a**, aka ASCII control-Z. - If you see this message, you can ignore it. It's intended to let - you know that this .alf file can't be appended to by the - **LZ.COM** (aka **ALF.COM**) Atari utility. + This message means you can't append to the ALF file with **alf -a** + or **LZ.COM**. You can, however, use **unalf -f** to remove the junk. **checksum error on** *<file>* The archive is corrupt. If *<file>* is a text file, it may be |