atari-convert-dir(1)

💖 atari-convert-dir(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Hatari utilities corner of the terminal, where we make your filenames behave themselves for Atari 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

atari-convert-dir — the little helper bestie that makes your disk images Atari compatible 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

atari-convert-dir sourcedir targetdir

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So here's the vibe: this thing copies all the directories and files from sourcedir over into targetdir, but the way it does it is lowkey iconic — every name gets clipped down to 8+3 characters, done the proper Atari GEMDOS compatible way. no cap, that's literally the whole job 💅

and why do we care? because files sitting on a disk image that you made from the converted targetdir should work just as well as they do with Hatari GEMDOS HD emulation. that's the goal. that's the dream. ✨

This helper gets used directly by the atari-hd-image tool — like, it's baked right in there — and honestly its use is also recommended with zip2st tool content. Why, you ask? because Mtools mcopy does not convert long file names correctly for Atari 😭🙈 so don't come crying to me when your names are a whole mess. use the helper. periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• atari-hd-image(1)
• zip2st(1)
• hatari(1)
• mcopy(1)

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Written by Eero Tamminen <oak at helsinkinet fi> 💜

📜 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. slay. 💖

💀 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. ngl bestie, that's the serious part, don't skip it 🌈

Hatari · 2015-04-26 · atari-convert-dir(1) — okay that's the whole page, ily, go convert some directories 🎀💅✨