NAME
pro_opt - Optimize an Apple II ProDOS disk image file
VERSION
This document describes version 0.201 of pro_opt, released September 12, 2015 as part of AppleII-LibA2 version 0.201.
SYNOPSIS
pro_opt IMAGE-FILE OUTPUT-FILEDESCRIPTION
pro_opt eliminates wasted space from a disk image file containing an Apple II ProDOS volume. It does this by creating a new disk image file and copying all files from the old image to the new one. Any un-allocated blocks are eliminated from the new image file.
Note that some emulators cannot deal with image files that are smaller than their nominal size. That is, they expect a 280 block disk image file to be 143,360 bytes long. pro_opt should not be used with such emulators.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
pro_opt requires no configuration files or environment variables.
DEPENDENCIES
pro_opt requires the modules AppleII::ProDOS and AppleII::Disk, which are included with AppleII-LibA2.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
There are no known bugs, but you should keep a copy of your old image file until you're sure the optimized image file works properly.
AUTHOR
Christopher J. Madsen <perl AT cjmweb.net>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-AppleII-LibA2 AT rt.cpan.org> or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=AppleII-LibA2.
You can follow or contribute to AppleII-LibA2's development at https://github.com/madsen/perl-libA2.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Christopher J. Madsen.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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