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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-28 00:38:24 -0500 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-11-28 00:38:24 -0500 |
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diff --git a/src/alfsum.rst b/src/alfsum.rst deleted file mode 100644 index d613626..0000000 --- a/src/alfsum.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ -.. RST source for alfsum(1) man page. Convert with: -.. rst2man.py alfsum.rst > alfsum.1 - -.. include:: ver.rst - -.. |date| date:: - -====== -alfsum -====== - ------------------------ -calculate ALF checksums ------------------------ - -:Manual section: 1 -:Manual group: Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools -:Date: |date| -:Version: |version| - -SYNOPSIS -======== - -alfsum **file** [**file** ...] | [**--help** | **-h**] | [**--version** | **-V**] - -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. - -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 -======= - --h, --help - Show built-in help message. - --V, --version - Show **alfsum** version number and exit. - -NOTES -===== - -The checksum algorithm is very simple: all the bytes in the file are -added together, and the low 16 bits of the result are the checksum. - -EXIT STATUS -=========== - -0 - Success. - -1 to 254 - File I/O error count. If there are more than 254 I/O errors, 254 is returned. - -255 - Error in command-line arguments: no filenames given. - -COPYRIGHT -========= - -**alfsum** is released under the WTPFL: Do WTF you want with this. - -AUTHORS -======= - -B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> - -SEE ALSO -======== - -**alf**\(1), **unalf**\(1) - -.. include:: manftr.rst |