hatari/tools/hmsa/hmsa.1
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.TH "HMSA" "1" "2010-05-30" "Hatari" "Hatari utilities"
.SH "NAME"
hmsa \- Atari MSA / ST disk image creator and converter
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B hmsa
.RI diskimage
.RI [disksize]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.I Hmsa
is little program to create compressed Atari MSA (Magic Shadow
Archiver) and uncompressed ST disk images and to convert disk
images between these two formats.
.PP
MSA and ST image format saving code is same as in Hatari itself.
.SH "USAGE"
If you give only one parameter, the file name of an existing MSA or
ST disk image, this image will be converted to the other disk image
format under a suitable new file name.
.PP
If the file does not exist and you give also a disk size:
.TP
.B SS
Single Sided (360KB)
.TP
.B DS
Double Sided (720KB)
.TP
.B HD
High Density (1.44MB)
.TP
.B ED
Extended Density (2.88MB)
.PP
An empty disk of the given size will be created.
.PP
Disk image format is recognized based on the file name extension
(either .msa or .st).
.SH "EXAMPLES"
Create a normal double sided empty ST disk image:
.br
hmsa blank.st DS
.PP
Convert an MSA format disk image to an ST format one:
.br
hmsa disk.msa
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR hatari (1),
.IR zip2st (1),
.IR atari\-hd\-image (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Thomas Huth <huth at tuxfamily.org>. This manual page
added by Eero Tamminen <oak at helsinkinet fi>.
.SH "LICENSE"
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
.SH "NO WARRANTY"
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.