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dskid(1)			    Emulators				dskid(1)

NAME
     dskid - identify floppy or disc image file for emulated machines

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

DESCRIPTION
     Dskid is a utility which will identify how a disc (or image) is  formatted.
     It reports the required driver and various information about the disc geom-
     etry.

OPTIONS
     -type TYPE
	    Determines which driver is to be used.

	    auto    Select  according  to  the	disc image file. This is the de-
		    fault.

	    dsk     Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.

	    edsk    Use the extended version of the DSK format.

	    floppy  Use the floppy driver.

	    myz80   Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver.  (This format
		    cannot be autodetected.)

	    cfi     Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver.  (This  format
		    cannot be autodetected.)

	    raw     Use the raw driver.

     -retry COUNT
	    Set  the  number of times to attempt to read the disc in case of er-
	    ror.

     -comp COMP
	    Select the compression method used on the  source  disc  image  file
	    (has no effect when reading a floppy disc).

	    auto    Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the de-
		    fault.

	    sq	    Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).

	    gz	    Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).

	    bz2     Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).

     -side SIDE
	    Determines	which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be identi-
	    fied.

AUTHOR
     John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.

     Darren Salt wrote the man pages.

Version 1.2.1			 23 January 2008			dskid(1)

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