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#### 5.5.3 Using Zipcode and Lynx images

Since version 0.15, the VICE emulators have been able to attach disks packed with Zipcode or Lynx directly, removing the need to manually convert them into `D64` files with `c1541`. This is achieved by automatically invoking `c1541`, letting it decode the file into a temporary image and attaching the resulting temporary image read-only. For this to work, the directory containing `c1541` must be in your `PATH`.

This uses the `-unlynx` and `-unzip` options of `c1541` (see c1541 commands and options); these commands are not very reliable yet, and could fail with certain kinds of Lynx and Zipcode images (for example, they cannot deal with `DEL` files properly). So please use them with caution.

Lynx files usually come as `.lnx` files which are unpacked into single disk images. On the other hand, Zipcode files do not have a particular extension (although `.z64` is sometimes used), and represent a disk by means of component files, named as follows:

- `1!NAME`
- `2!NAME`
- `3!NAME`
- `4!NAME`

If you attach as a disk image (or smart-attach) any one of these files, the emulator will simply pick up the other three (by examining the name) and then build a disk image using all four.