disk2zip.1

.\" Manual page in -*- nroff -*- format; see man(7)
.TH DISK2ZIP 1 "September 18, 2001"
.SH NAME
disk2zip \- Commodore 1541 ZipCode compressor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B disk2zip
.RI [ options ] " image\(file.d64 " [ " zipcode\(file " ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents brie\(fly the
.B disk2zip
command.
.PP
The Commodore 1541 disk archiver ZipCode was developed in order to make
it possible to transfer disk images over modem lines.  Nowadays it is
better to use
.BR gzip (1)
on the disk images.  The \fBdisk2zip\fP command is provided mainly for
historical reasons, as a replacement for the ZipCode compressor.
.SH OPTIONS
\fBdisk2zip\fP follows the usual Unix command line syntax, with
options starting with a dash (`\fB-\fP').
.TP
.B --
Stop processing options.  This is useful if the \(first \(file name
argument begins with a dash.
.TP
.BI -i iidd
Use 0xii 0xdd (hexadecimal) as the disk identi\(fier.  The default is
0x36 0x34, or `64'.
.SH SECURITY
The names of the created ZipCode \(files are pre\(fixed with the
strings \fB1!\fP, \fB2!\fP, \fB3!\fP, and \fB4!\fP, just like ZipCode
works on the Commodore 64.  Some Unix shells treat the character
\fB!\fP specially.  To avoid unpleasant situations, please refer to
the documentation of the shell you are using.
.SH AUTHOR
The \fBdisk2zip\fP utility was designed and implemented by
Marko M\(:akel\(:a.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cbmconvert (1),
.BR zip2disk (1).