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 geometry.

OPTIONS

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

auto: Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.
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 error.
-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 default.
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 identified.

AUTHOR

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

Darren Salt wrote the man pages.