From 610086ad82c30cb86ff7b011b1d2e4b38a748df0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:07:42 -0500 Subject: Check for wildcards matching *.alf; generally this is an error. --- src/unalf.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/unalf.rst') diff --git a/src/unalf.rst b/src/unalf.rst index 32a3982..7ba2f0a 100644 --- a/src/unalf.rst +++ b/src/unalf.rst @@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ Besides the standard error messages such as "no such file or directory": an Atari running Atari DOS 2.0/2.5, or any other DOS that doesn't allow underscores in filenames. +**ALF files don't normally contain other ALF files, are you trying to extract/list multiple ALF files at once?** + You gave a *wildcard* argument that ends with *.alf*. This is OK if + your *ALF* file actually contains another *ALF* file, but that would + be a pathological case. Most likely, you're trying to extract multiple + *ALF* files with one command, which doesn't work. Use one **unalf** + command per file. + NOTES ===== -- cgit v1.2.3