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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 formatā€
       ted.  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 <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.

       Darren Salt wrote the man pages.

Version 1.2.1			23 January 2008			      dskid(1)
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