1dskid(1)                           Emulators                          dskid(1)
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NAME

6       dskid - identify floppy or disc image file for emulated machines
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SYNOPSIS

9       dskid  [-format  FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry
10       COUNT] DISKIMAGE [DSKIMAGE...]

DESCRIPTION

12       Dskid is a utility which will identify how a disc (or image) is format‐
13       ted.  It  reports the required driver and various information about the
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OPTIONS

18       -type TYPE
19              Determines which driver is to be used.
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21              auto    Select according to the disc image  file.  This  is  the
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24              dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
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26              edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.
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28              floppy  Use the floppy driver.
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30              myz80   Use  the  hard  disk (MYZ80 format) image driver.  (This
31                      format cannot be autodetected.)
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33              cfi     Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy  format)  image  driver.   (This
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39       -retry COUNT
40              Set  the  number of times to attempt to read the disc in case of
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44       -comp COMP
45              Select the compression method used on the source disc image file
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48              auto    Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the
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51              sq      Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).
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53              gz      Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
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55              bz2     Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).
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58       -side SIDE
59              Determines which side (0 or 1) of the  disc  (image)  is  to  be
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AUTHOR

64       John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.
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66       Darren Salt wrote the man pages.
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70Version 1.5.9                  17 September 2018                      dskid(1)