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=======
protbas
=======
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LIST-protect Atari 8-bit BASIC programs
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.. include:: manhdr.rst
SYNOPSIS
========
protbas [**-v**] [**-nc | **-nv**] [**-s**] [**-xr** | **-xNN**] **input-file** **output-file**
DESCRIPTION
===========
**protbas** reads a tokenized Atari 8-bit BASIC program and writes a
LIST-protected copy of the program. See the **DETAILS** section of the
**unprotbas**\(1) man page, to understand how the protection works.
**input-file** must be a tokenized (SAVEd) Atari BASIC program. Use
*-* to read from standard input, but **protbas** will refuse to
read from standard input if it's a terminal.
**output-file** will be the protected tokenized BASIC program. If it
already exists, it will be overwritten. Use *-* to write to standard
output, but **protbas** will refuse to write to standard output if
it's a terminal (since tokenized BASIC is binary data and may confuse
the terminal).
The code protection works by adding a line 32767 to the program, with
a bad next-line pointer. This will fail if there's already a line
32767.
OPTIONS
=======
Options may appear in any order. The first non-option argument is used
for **input-file**; the second is **output-file**. A third non-option
argument is an error.
General Options
---------------
**--help**
Print usage message and exit.
**--version**
Print version number and exit.
**-v**
Verbose operation. When displaying a number in verbose mode, it will
be prefixed with *$* if it's in hex, or no prefix for decimal.
Protection Options
------------------
**-nc**
Do not code-protect the program; only protect the variable names.
**-nv**
Do not protect the variable names; only code-protect the program.
**-s**
Shrink variable name table to minimum size, one byte per variable
name. Programs protected this way are very similar to ones
protected with **PROTECT.BAS**.
**-xr**, **-x** *NN*
Character to use for variable name protection. *NN* is the
character code in hex, e.g. **-x20** to use a space. Default is
**9b** (the EOL character). **-xr** means random codes.
EXIT STATUS
===========
0
**input-file** was unprotected, protection was successful.
1
I/O error, or **input-file** isn't a valid BASIC program.
2
**input-file** is already a protected BASIC program.
.. include:: manftr.rst
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