IMGTOOL
Section: MESS media image manipulation tool
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Updated: 2016-07-21
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NAME
imgtool - MESS media image manipulation tool
SYNOPSIS
imgtool create
format image
[
option ...]
imgtool dir
format image
[
path]
imgtool get
format image file
[
newname]
[
--filter=filter]
[
--fork=fork]
imgtool put
format image file ...
[
newname]
[
option ...]
[
--filter=filter]
[
--fork=fork]
imgtool getall
format image
[
path]
[
--filter=filter]
imgtool del
format image file ...
imgtool mkdir
format image directory
imgtool rmdir
format image directory ...
imgtool readsector|
writesector
format image track head sector file
imgtool identify
image
imgtool listformats|
listfilters
imgtool
listdriveroptions
format
DESCRIPTION
imgtool
is a tool for the maintenance and manipulation of disk and
other types of images that MESS users need to deal with. Functions
include retrieving and storing files and CRC checking and validation.
Image files can also be within .zip files.
OPTIONS
- create
-
Creates and image. Optional, image-specific parameters can be
specified, see
imgtool listdriveroptions
command for a full list.
- dir
-
Lists the contents of an image.
- get
-
Gets a single file from an image. A filter can be specified to convert
custom file formats to ASCII, see
imgtool listfilters
command for a full list. File can optionally be renamed.
- put
-
Puts file(s) on an image (wildcards and rename supported).
Filters are supplied to convert ASCII files to custom file formats,
see
imgtool listfilters
command for a full list.
- getall
-
Gets all files off an image. Filters can be specified to convert
custom file formats to ASCII, see
imgtool listfilters
command for a full list.
- del
-
Deletes a file on an image.
- mkdir
-
Create a directory on an image.
- rmdir
-
Delete directories on an image.
- readsector
-
Extract content of a single sector from an image to a file.
- writesector
-
Write file content to a specific sector on an image.
- identify
-
Try to recognize the format of an image file.
- listformats
-
Lists all image file formats supported by imgtool.
- listfilters
-
Lists all filters supported by imgtool.
Filters are a mean to process data being written into or read out
of an image in a certain way.
- listdriveroptions
-
Lists all format-specific options for
imgtool put
and
imgtool create
commands.
EXAMPLES
imgtool dir coco_jvc_rsdos myimageinazip.zip
imgtool get coco_jvc_rsdos myimage.dsk myfile.bin mynewfile.txt
imgtool getall coco_jvc_rsdos myimage.dsk
SEE ALSO
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