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NAME

6       dskdump - Sector-level copy from one floppy or image file to another
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SYNOPSIS

9       dskdump [-itype TYPE] [-otype TYPE] [-iside SIDE] [-oside SIDE] [-icomp
10       COMP] [-ocomp COMP] [-idstep] [-odstep] [-retry  COUNT]  [-format  FMT]
11       [-first CYLINDER] [-last CYLINDER] INPUT-IMAGE OUTPUT-IMAGE

DESCRIPTION

13       Dskdump  copies  floppy  discs  or  images, optionally converting image
14       types.  Unlike dsktrans(1), dskdump can  handle  discs  with  different
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OPTIONS

18       -itype TYPE
19              Determines  which  driver  is to be used to read from the source
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22              auto    Select according to the disc image  file.  This  is  the
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25              dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
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27              edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.
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29              floppy  Use the floppy driver.
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31              myz80   Use  the  hard  disk (MYZ80 format) image driver.  (This
32                      format cannot be autodetected.)
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34              cfi     Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy  format)  image  driver.   (This
35                      format cannot be autodetected.)
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37              apridisk
38                      Use  the  ApriDisk image driver (from the utility of the
39                      same name).  (This format cannot be autodetected.)
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41              raw     Use the raw driver.
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45              Determines which driver is to be used to write to  the  destina‐
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50              Select the compression method used on the source disc image file
51              (has no effect when reading a floppy disc). Use 'none'  to  dis‐
52              able transparent decompression of gzipped disc images (for exam‐
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55              auto    Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the
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58              sq      Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).
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60              gz      Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
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62              bz2     Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).
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66              Select the compression to be used on output. Compression methods
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70       -iside SIDE
71              Determines which side (0 or 1) of the source disc is to be  read
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76              Determines  which side (0 or 1) of the destination disc is to be
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80       -idstep
81              Double-step the source drive (used to read 360k discs  in  1.2Mb
82              drives). Only supported by the Linux floppy driver.
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86              Double-step  the  destination drive (used to write 360k discs in
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91              Set the number of times to attempt a read/write/format  in  case
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95       -format FMT
96              Do  not  autodetect  the  disc  format;  use  the  named format.
97              dskdump does not make extensive use of the disc  format;  it  is
98              chiefly used to provide a guess at the number of tracks to dump.
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101       -first CYL
102              Start copying at the specified cylinder. Cylinders prior to this
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107              Copy up to and including the specified cylinder.
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110       -odstep
111              Double-step the destination drive (used to write 360k  discs  in
112              1.2Mb drives).  Only supported by the Linux floppy driver.
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SEE ALSO

115       dsktrans(1)
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AUTHOR

118       John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.
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122Version 1.5.9                  17 September 2018                    dskdump(1)