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ai64 allows you to convert complete directory structures containing c64 programs into IDE64 compatible copy of the whole structure. e.g. try running it on a complete copy of an FTP Archive, before burning a CD for IDE64 usage. Most of the archive will be converted to .prg and .d64 files, which are very easy to use on C64!

See README.txt for more information.

Development planning

• ide64 compatibility
• sd2iec compatibility

Command line switches

Single-letter getopt is used, which is quite limited in option names, so here we'll plan when a letter should be reserved for a planned feature.

Currently in use

• -s path/name Skip to this source file before staring processing (Use this to continue after something went wrong)
• -x , Use ',' as file extension separator (default '.')
• -n 100 Number of maximum files per folder (default 300)
• -v Verbose, list successfully processed files
• -V Super-verbose, also list archives while processing them
• -w Force windows compatible file naming (remove more chars)
• -l 16 Limit non-standard files' name length (default 16, w/o ext)
• -L 16 Limit standard files' name length (default 16) (PRG, SEQ..)
• -u Enable unicode chars like ↑ | (remove otherwise)
• -t path Temp dir for extractions (default '/tmp/[USER].ai64/')
• -e err_handling Error handling, either 'ignore' (default), 'ask' or 'halt'.

Future plans:

• -r prg,sid Comma separated list of extensions to remove (default: none). (sd2iec may live fine without extension, giving some extra chars to the name especially when it's a .sid)
• -f format This could be used to preconfigure options easily for specific output format. Examples could be:
  • sd2iec -> -w -l 12 -n 100
  • sd2iec_no_xe -> -w -l 12 -L 12 -n 100
  • fusecfs -> -u -x ,
  • pclink -> -w

Similar projects

• https://github.com/exrom/sd2iec_utils