diskdefs.5.in

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.TH DISKDEFS 5 "@UPDATED@" "CP/M tools" "File formats"
.SH NAME \"{{{roff}}}\"{{{
diskdefs \- CP/M disk and file system format definitions
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.SH DESCRIPTION \"{{{
The diskdefs file contains CP/M format descriptions,
because CP/M in general does not store those in the file system and there are
no standards of any kind.
.PP
A diskdefs file consists of one or more entries of the format:
.PP
.nf
.RS
\fBdiskdef\fP \fIname\fP
  \fBseclen\fP \fIsize\fP
  \fBtracks\fP \fIcount\fP
  \fBsectrk\fP \fIcount\fP
  \fBblocksize\fP \fIsize\fP
  \fBmaxdir\fP \fIcount\fP
  \fBboottrk\fP \fInumber\fP
  [\fBskew\fP \fInumber\fP]
  [\fBskewtab\fP \fIsector\fP[\fB,\fP\fIsector\fP]...]
  [\fBos\fP \fB2.2\fP|\fB3\fP|\fBisx\fP|\fBp2dos\fP|\fBzsys\fP]
  [\fBoffset\fP \fIsize\fP]
  [\fBlogicalextents\fP \fIcount\fP]
  [\fBlibdsk:format\fP \fIname\fP]
\fBend\fP
.RE
.fi
.PP
\fBskew\fP and \fBskewtab\fP must only be used exclusively.
.PP
Comments are marked with a leading hash or semicolon and extend to the end of the line.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" \"{{{
.IR cpm (5)
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