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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2024-07-09 21:04:58 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2024-07-09 21:04:58 -0400 |
| commit | fa5b2b4e18d25660cc0fe37b62d93fa03d88d5f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 68381246f170e5008f4aca71ccacabe3e293952c /whichbas.1 | |
| parent | dbaaae8c651c5770bb9dd37fa408d0769d759ef6 (diff) | |
| download | bw-atari8-tools-fa5b2b4e18d25660cc0fe37b62d93fa03d88d5f0.tar.gz | |
whichbas: tweak doc.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -98,13 +98,17 @@ or OSS BASIC XL". .sp Atari Microsoft BASIC is detected by checking that: .INDENT 0.0 +.INDENT 3.5 +.INDENT 0.0 .IP \(bu 2 -the first byte of the file \fB$00\fP\&. +the first byte of the file is \fB$00\fP\&. .IP \(bu 2 the next 2 bytes (LSB/MSB) are the same as the actual file length minus 3. .IP \(bu 2 the last 3 bytes of the file are zero. .UNINDENT +.UNINDENT +.UNINDENT .sp This may result in false positives (files that aren\(aqt BASIC programs at all might show up as Microsoft). Also, no distinction is made between @@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ If you need the \fBfile\fP(1) command, use it. \fBwhichbas\fP knows nothing about other BASICs such as Frost BASIC, or Altirra BASIC. .SH BUGS +.SS Misdetection .sp It\(aqs possible to get a BASIC XL/XE program to misdetect as Atari BASIC by writing a program that does these things: |