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'\" Program manual page for the OWFS -- 1-wire filesystem package
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.SH FORMAT OPTIONS
Choose the representation of the 1-wire unique identifiers. OWFS uses these identifiers as unique directory names.
.PP
Although several display formats are selectable, all must be in 
.I family-code-first
form, unlike some other programs and the labelling on iButtons, which are
.I CRC8-first.
.SS \-f \-\-format="f[.]i[[.]c]"
Display format for the 1-wire devices. Each device has a 8byte address, consisting of:
.TP
.I f
family code, 1 byte
.TP
.I i
ID number, 6 bytes
.TP
.I c
CRC checksum, 1 byte
.PP
Possible formats are
.I f.i
(default, 01.A1B2C3D4E5F6),
.I fi fic f.ic f.i.c
and
.I fi.c
.PP
All formats are accepted as input, but the output will be in the specified format.
