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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2025-03-12 14:33:20 -0400
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2025-03-12 14:33:20 -0400
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listamsb: warn about overwriting files in man page.
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@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ program to an unencrypted one, with the **-U** option.
Programs can be "crunched" and "decrunched" with the **-C** and **-D**
options.
-If no **output-file** is given, output is to **stdout**.
+If no **output-file** is given, output is to **stdout**. When output
+is to a file, the file will be overwritten without prompting if it
+already exists.
When listing a program to **stdout**, output is piped through
**a8cat**\(1), which converts the ATASCII output to UTF-8 that's
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ available in your **PATH**\. If this is not convenient, you can set
the location of **a8cat** via the **A8CAT** environment variable.
**listamsb** will not write binary data (ATASCII or tokenized BASIC)
-directly to a terminal.
+directly to a terminal, under any circumstances.
OPTIONS
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