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rixplore update

I've just released version 0.7.2 of ripxplore (a command line tool and supporting ruby library for exploring disk images for Apple 2, C64, TRS-80, et al).

The major change was to incorporate the create/update/delete features from my previous 'dsktool' project. This means Apple DOS and Apple CPM file systems can be initialised and files added or removed from it. I've also added the ability to create a blank 'Beautiful Boot' dsk image. As an example of how and why this is done, here's an excerpt from the Makefile used to build a dsk with differest test apps on it I'm using to test different parts of the netboot65 code:

ip65test.dsk: testdns.pg2 testdottedquad.pg2
  ripxplore.rb --init BeautifulBoot ip65test.dsk -a testdns.pg2 -t AppleBinary
  ripxplore.rb ip65test.dsk -a testdottedquad.pg2 -t AppleBinary

If you've installed a previous version of ripxplore, you can update to 0.7.2 by typing 'gem update ripxplore' at a command prompt.

If you want to install ripxplore for the first time, you will first need to install ruby then once ruby is installed correctly, type 'gem install ripxplore' at a command prompt.