zip2disk.1

.\" Manual page in -*- nroff -*- format; see man(7)
.TH ZIP2DISK 1 "September 18, 2001"
.SH NAME
zip2disk \- Commodore 1541 ZipCode extractor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B zip2disk
.IR " zipcode\(file " [ " image\(file.d64 " ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents brie\(fly the
.B zip2disk
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 \fBzip2disk\fP command can be used to convert
ZipCode archives to 1541 disk images.
.SH SECURITY
The ZipCode \(file names must be 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 BUGS
The sector-level disk identi\(fier stored in the ZipCode \(files is not
included in the disk image.
.SH AUTHOR
The \fBzip2disk\fP utility was originally written by
Paul David Doherty.  It was improved and packaged by
Marko M\(:akel\(:a.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cbmconvert (1),
.BR disk2zip (1).