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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-04-25 02:14:58 -0400
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-04-25 02:14:58 -0400
commitf99b03a61fc9eae54342359a3c69db4961fa9993 (patch)
treec7cf5d905c4a060bdf96ca4064ccdb80a119995a
parentd545e77c56bbf394aa9ffb4561e1d8a30b769b60 (diff)
downloadbw-atari8-tools-f99b03a61fc9eae54342359a3c69db4961fa9993.tar.gz
blob2xex: tweak doc.
-rw-r--r--blob2xex.15
-rw-r--r--blob2xex.rst5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/blob2xex.1 b/blob2xex.1
index 5858db2..6a4db64 100644
--- a/blob2xex.1
+++ b/blob2xex.1
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ Optional; skip this many bytes of the next input file. Default is \fB0\fP\&.
.TP
.B \-s \fIsize\fP
Optional; read this many bytes of the next input file. Default is the entire file,
-or \fB0xffff\fP (\fB65535\fP) if the file is longer than 64KB.
+or \fB0xffff\fP (\fB65535\fP) if the file is longer than 64KB. It\(aqs not an error
+for \fIsize\fP to be larger than the file (reading will stop at EOF). Also, the
+file\(aqs data will be truncated at Atari address \fB$FFFF\fP, regardless of
+\fIsize\fP or the size of the file.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
diff --git a/blob2xex.rst b/blob2xex.rst
index 9330445..3629362 100644
--- a/blob2xex.rst
+++ b/blob2xex.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ not **-l0x2000**.
-s *size*
Optional; read this many bytes of the next input file. Default is the entire file,
- or **0xffff** (**65535**) if the file is longer than 64KB.
+ or **0xffff** (**65535**) if the file is longer than 64KB. It's not an error
+ for *size* to be larger than the file (reading will stop at EOF). Also, the
+ file's data will be truncated at Atari address **$FFFF**, regardless of
+ *size* or the size of the file.
-v
Verbose output.