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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-20 02:39:53 -0500 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-20 02:39:53 -0500 |
| commit | a0b3efe4e52d4d95ea2b76c21d9d308127be64ca (patch) | |
| tree | 665aa691f077f3523aeed73f5b8ba8521515fe2a | |
| parent | 6259ba06fcf9574eae28c9c3222e14605c2cf27b (diff) | |
| download | unalf-a0b3efe4e52d4d95ea2b76c21d9d308127be64ca.tar.gz | |
Expand alfsum man page a bit.
| -rw-r--r-- | src/alfsum.1 | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/alfsum.rst | 8 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/alfsum.1 b/src/alfsum.1 index 127b2f4..82919bf 100644 --- a/src/alfsum.1 +++ b/src/alfsum.1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. -.TH "ALFSUM" 1 "2025-11-18" "0.1.0" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools" +.TH "ALFSUM" 1 "2025-11-20" "0.1.0" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools" .SH NAME alfsum \- calculate ALF checksums .\" RST source for alfsum(1) man page. Convert with: @@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ alfsum \fBfile\fP [\fBfile\fP ...] | [\fB\-\-help\fP | \fB\-h\fP] | [\fB\-\-vers \fBalfsum\fP calculates the checksums used by the \fBALF\fP compression utility on the Atari 8\-bit platform. .sp -To read from standard input, use \fB\-\fP as a filename +To read from standard input, use \fB\-\fP as a filename. .sp Output lines have a tab separating the checksum and filename, for ease of scripting (e.g. with \fBcut\fP(1) or \fBawk\fP(1)). +.sp +\fBalfsum\fP\(aqs primary use is to check files extracted from \fBALF\fP +archives against the checksums stored in the archive. The \fBunalf\fP +program already does this, but \fBalfsum\fP is a separate (much simpler) +program. It serves as a second opinion, in case you suspect a bug in +\fBunalf\fP\&. .SH OPTIONS .INDENT 0.0 .TP diff --git a/src/alfsum.rst b/src/alfsum.rst index cf9c7d3..03ab2f5 100644 --- a/src/alfsum.rst +++ b/src/alfsum.rst @@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ DESCRIPTION **alfsum** calculates the checksums used by the **ALF** compression utility on the Atari 8-bit platform. -To read from standard input, use **-** as a filename +To read from standard input, use **-** as a filename. Output lines have a tab separating the checksum and filename, for ease of scripting (e.g. with **cut**\(1) or **awk**\(1)). +**alfsum**'s primary use is to check files extracted from **ALF** +archives against the checksums stored in the archive. The **unalf** +program already does this, but **alfsum** is a separate (much simpler) +program. It serves as a second opinion, in case you suspect a bug in +**unalf**. + OPTIONS ======= |