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@@ -117,14 +117,40 @@ Print version number and exit. .sp Error messages and warnings are printed to standard error, and are hopefully self\-explanatory. Any message containing \fIfatal\fP causes -\fBblob2xex\fP to exit without creating the output file. +\fBblob2xex\fP to exit with nonzero status, without creating the output +file. .sp Messages containing \fIwarning\fP are non\-fatal, and the output file is -created. The only warning messages are there to let you know if your -\&.xex file\(aqs start/end addresses mean it would load into ROM (or, the -unmapped area at \fB$C000\fP on a 400/800). Normally this means the .xex -file won\(aqt load properly on the Atari, but feel free to ignore the -warnings if you know exactly what you\(aqre doing. +created. There are only a few possible warnings: +.INDENT 0.0 +.INDENT 3.5 +.INDENT 0.0 +.TP +.B start/end address XXXX loads into ROM. +This means your .exe file\(aqs start/end addresses will load the +file into ROM (or the unmapped area at \fB$C000\fP on a 400/800). +Normally this means the .xex file won\(aqt load properly on the +Atari, but feel free to ignore this warning if you know exactly +what you\(aqre doing. +.TP +.B address would exceed $FFFF! truncated N bytes to N. +The segment would wrap around the Atari\(aqs 64KB address space. +\fBblob2xex\fP has truncated the input so the last address +loaded is \fB$FFFF\fP\&. This warning usually means you gave the +wrong load address or the wrong input file entirely. +.TP +.B extra arguments after last input file ignored. +You gave at least one option that would affect the next file, +after the last file on the command line. Such options are ignored, +since there\(aqs no file for them to apply to. Probably you made +a typo or forgot the last input file. +.UNINDENT +.UNINDENT +.UNINDENT +.SH EXIT STATUS +.sp +Zero for success (the output file was created), even if there were +warnings. Non\-zero for failure (the output file wasn\(aqt created). .SH EXAMPLES .SS Simple Example .sp |