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.TH "PROTBAS" 1 "2024-06-25" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools"
.SH NAME
protbas \- LIST-protect Atari 8-bit BASIC programs
.SH SYNOPSIS
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protbas [\fB\-v\fP] [\fB\-nc | **\-nv\fP] [\fB\-s\fP] [\fB\-xr\fP | \fB\-xNN\fP] \fBinput\-file\fP \fBoutput\-file\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBprotbas\fP reads a tokenized Atari 8\-bit BASIC program and writes a
LIST\-protected copy of the program. See the \fBDETAILS\fP section of the
\fBunprotbas\fP(1) man page, to understand how the protection works.
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\fBinput\-file\fP must be a tokenized (SAVEd) Atari BASIC program. Use
\fI\-\fP to read from standard input, but \fBprotbas\fP will refuse to
read from standard input if it\(aqs a terminal.
.sp
\fBoutput\-file\fP will be the protected tokenized BASIC program. If it
already exists, it will be overwritten. Use \fI\-\fP to write to standard
output, but \fBprotbas\fP will refuse to write to standard output if
it\(aqs a terminal (since tokenized BASIC is binary data and may confuse
the terminal).
.sp
The code protection works by adding a line 32767 to the program, with
a bad next\-line pointer. This will fail if there\(aqs already a line
32767.
.SH OPTIONS
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Options may appear in any order. The first non\-option argument is used
for \fBinput\-file\fP; the second is \fBoutput\-file\fP\&. A third non\-option
argument is an error.
.SS Protection Options
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB\-nc\fP
Do not code\-protect the program; only protect the variable names.
.TP
.B \fB\-nv\fP
Do not protect the variable names; only code\-protect the program.
.TP
.B \fB\-s\fP
Shrink variable name table to minimum size, one byte per variable
name. Programs protected this way are very similar to ones
protected with \fBPROTECT.BAS\fP\&.
.TP
.B \fB\-xr\fP, \fB\-x\fP \fINN\fP
Character to use for variable name protection. \fINN\fP is the
character code in hex, e.g. \fB\-x20\fP to use a space. Default is
\fB9b\fP (the EOL character). \fB\-xr\fP means random codes.
.UNINDENT
.SS General Options
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB\-\-help\fP
Print usage message and exit.
.TP
.B \fB\-\-version\fP
Print version number and exit.
.TP
.B \fB\-v\fP
Verbose operation. When displaying a number in verbose mode, it will
be prefixed with \fI$\fP if it\(aqs in hex, or no prefix for decimal.
.UNINDENT
.SH EXIT STATUS
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B 0
\fBinput\-file\fP was unprotected, protection was successful.
.TP
.B 1
I/O error, or \fBinput\-file\fP isn\(aqt a valid BASIC program.
.TP
.B 2
\fBinput\-file\fP is already a protected BASIC program.
.UNINDENT
.SH COPYRIGHT
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WTFPL. See \fI\%http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/\fP for details.
.SH AUTHOR
.INDENT 0.0
.IP B. 3
Watson <\fI\%urchlay@slackware.uk\fP>; Urchlay on irc.libera.chat \fI##atari\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBa8eol\fP(1),
\fBa8utf8\fP(1),
\fBatr2xfd\fP(1),
\fBatrsize\fP(1),
\fBaxe\fP(1),
\fBblob2c\fP(1),
\fBblob2xex\fP(1),
\fBcart2xex\fP(1),
\fBcxrefbas\fP(1),
\fBdasm2atasm\fP(1),
\fBdumpbas\fP(1),
\fBf2toxex\fP(1),
\fBfenders\fP(1),
\fBlistbas\fP(1),
\fBprotbas\fP(1),
\fBrenumbas\fP(1),
\fBrom2cart\fP(1),
\fBunmac65\fP(1),
\fBunprotbas\fP(1),
\fBvxrefbas\fP(1),
\fBxexamine\fP(1),
\fBxexcat\fP(1),
\fBxexsplit\fP(1),
\fBxfd2atr\fP(1),
\fBxex\fP(5),
\fBatascii\fP(7).
.sp
Any good Atari 8\-bit book: \fIDe Re Atari\fP, \fIThe Atari BASIC  Reference
Manual\fP,  the  \fIOS Users\(aq Guide\fP, \fIMapping the Atari\fP, etc.
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