LIFDIR Manual Page

     NAME
          lifdir - print a directory of a LIF disk or image

     SYNOPSIS
          lifdir <device>

          lifdir -f <LIF image file>

          lifdir -?

     DESCRIPTION
          lifdir reads the directory of a physical LIF disk or a LIF
          disk image and prints this directory to standard output.

          If the volume label is non-blank, then this is printed
          first, followed by the date of formatting if this is valid.
          Each subsequent line contains the details of a single file,
          consisting of the file name, file type (see the FILE TYPE
          section below), the number of bytes in the file and the
          total number of bytes occupied by the blocks of that file,
          and finally the file time and date stamp if this is valid.

     OPTIONS
          -f   Produce a directory listing for a LIF disk image file
               rather than a physical device.

          -?   Print a message giving the program usage to standard
               error.

     FILE TYPES
          The following file types are recognised by this version of
          lifdir

          TEXT An HP Text file (or LIF1 format file).

          SDATA
               An HP71B SDATA file or HP41C data file.

          DATA71
               An HP71B data file.

          BIN71
               An HP71B binary program file.

          LEX71
               An HP71B language extension file.

          KEY71
               An HP71B keyboard definition file.

          BASIC71
               An HP71B tokenised BASIC program.

          FORTH71
               An HP71B forth dictionary file.

          WALL41
               An HP41C Write-All file.

          KEY41
               An HP41C key assignment file.

          STAT41
               An HP41C status file.

          PROG41
               An HP41C program.

          TEXT75
               An HP75 text file.

          APPT75
               An HP75 appointments file.

          LEX75
               An HP75 language extension file.

          BASIC75
               An HP75 tokenised BASIC program.

          VCALC75
               An HP75 Visicalc worksheet

          Unknown file types are printed as a 4-digit hex number
          giving the value of the 2 file type bytes from the
          directory. See lif_dir_utils.c for details of the file
          types.

     EXAMPLES
          If disk1.lif is a LIF disk image file then

          lifdir -f disk1.lif

          will print a directory listing of that image file.

          Similarly, if /dev/fd1 contains a physical LIF disk then

          lifdir /dev/fd1

          will print a directory listing of that disk.

     REFERENCES
          The LIF disk directory format is documented in the HP-IL
          Interface Owners Manual for the with further details
          (particularly HP41 and HP75 file types) in the HP-41

          Synthetic Quick Reference Guide (Jeremy

     BUGS
          No attempt has been made to handle bad track replacements on
          a LIF disk. Not all file types have been tested.

     AUTHOR
          lifdir was written by Tony Duell, ard.p850ug1@gmail.com
          and has been placed under the GNU Public License version 2.0