liflabel

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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EXAMPLES
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AUTHOR

NAME

liflabel - label a LIF image file

SYNOPSIS

lifutils liflabel [-p] LIFIMAGE LABELNAME

lifutils liflabel [-c] [-p] LIFIMAGE

lifutils liflabel -?

DESCRIPTION

liflabel sets the label in the volume header of the LIF imagefile specified by LIFIMAGE to the label specified by LABELNAME. If LABELNAME is omitted, the existing label is displayed.

OPTIONS

-c

Clears an existing label

-p

Label a LIF file system on a floppy disk. Note: this option is only supported on LINUX. Specify the floppy device instead of the lif-image-filename. See the LIFUTILS tutorial for details.

-?

Print a message giving the program usage to standard error.

EXAMPLES

If disk1.dat is a LIF image file then

lifutils liflabel disk1.dat TEST1

will set the label of the LIF image file disk1.dat to TEST1

lifutils liflabel -c disk1.dat

will clear an existing label on the LIF image file disk1.dat

REFERENCES

The LIF disk format is documented in the HP-IL Interface Owners Manual for the HP-71 (Hewlett-Packard) with further details (particularly HP41 and HP75 file types) in the HP-41 Synthetic Quick Reference Guide (Jeremy Smith)

AUTHOR

liflabel was written by Joachim Siebold, bug400@gmx.de using code from Tony Duell, ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk and has been placed under the GNU Public License version 2.0