FILE65(1)

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💖 FILE65(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? it's giving retro-tool realness. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

file65 — it prints info about o65 object files. that's the whole job. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

file65 [OPTION]... FILE...

so you give it some options (optional, slay) and then one or more FILEs. and it tells you stuff. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the whole vibe here is: file65 prints file information for files in the o65 object format. that's it, that's the tea. 🫖

o65 files walk in, file65 looks at them, and reports back. main character energy, honestly. ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

the way these flags just work. here's every single one, no gatekeeping:

  • -v — prints the undefined and global labels. like, all the labels that are still unknown and all the ones that are known-known. 👀
  • -vv — the upgraded version, lowkey. prints undefined and global labels AND the relocation tables. double the v, double the info. 🔥
  • -P — prints the segment end addresses. and it's specifically formatted so you can feed it straight into xa(1) as the -b command line parameter. convenient?? obsessed. 😭
  • -a offset — prints the xa(1) "ROMmable" parameter for another file sitting behind this one in the same ROM, at the offset you specify. sibling-file support fr fr. 🫶
  • -A offset — does the exact same thing as -a, but it only prints the starting address of the next file in the ROM. so: same energy, smaller output. ⭐
  • --help — shows a summary of the options. the "wait what were the flags again" button. 🙈
  • --version — shows the version of the program. for when you need to know which era of this tool you're talking to. 🕰️

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> and Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@floodgap.com>. iconic duo behaviour. 🎀

the original xa package is (C)1989-1997 Andre Fachat. additional changes are (C)1989-2024 Andre Fachat, Jolse Maginnis, David Weinehall and Cameron Kaiser. and the current maintainer is Cameron Kaiser. passing the torch, keeping it alive, we love to see it. 👑

🌐 WEBSITE 🌐

http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/xa/

go look, bestie. it's cute. it's retro. it's giving legacy software with a glow-up. 💅

heads up: -a and -A both take an offset argument, and they're doing the same thing — one just prints more. don't mix them up and blame me. 😭

and that's the whole page!! this one dropped as part of the General Commands Manual, dated 5 March 2024 — so yeah, fresh-ish, well-loved, and still out here doing its job. mwah. 💋✨

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