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14 c1541

VICE is provided with a complete stand-alone disk image maintenance utility, called c1541.

The syntax is:

c1541 [IMAGE1 [IMAGE2]] [COMMAND1 COMMAND2 … COMMANDN]

IMAGE1 and IMAGE2 are disk image names that can be attached before c1541 starts. c1541 can handle up to two disk images at the same time by using two virtual built-in drives, numbered 8 and 9; IMAGE1 (if present) is always attached to drive 8, while IMAGE2 is attached to drive 9.

COMMANDs specified on the command-line all begin with the minus sign (-); if present, c1541 executes them in the same order as they are on the command line and returns a zero error code if they were successful. If any of the COMMANDs fails, c1541 stops and returns a nonzero error code.

If no COMMANDs are specified at all, c1541 enters interactive mode, where you can type commands manually. Commands in interactive mode are the same as commands in batch mode, but do not require a leading -. As with the monitor, file name completion and command line editing with history are provided via GNU readline. Use the command ‘quit’ or press C-d to exit.