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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 |