From 9e29dea8e4dd374a93ade78b53fb9cbeea581b35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:45:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Useless -meta4, as it is required anyway

---
 README       |  8 ++++----
 cmd/check.go | 11 +++++++----
 cmd/list.go  | 15 +++++++++------
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index a3fec86..1985451 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ Example attempt to download .meta4's file from Russia-based location as
 most preferred, with fallback to Europe continent, leaving location-less
 next, randomising remaining:
 
-    fn=$(meta4ra-list -meta4 .meta4 | head -1)
-    size=$(meta4ra-list -meta4 .meta4 -size $fn)
-    meta4ra-list -meta4 .meta4 $fn |
+    fn=$(meta4ra-list .meta4 | head -1)
+    size=$(meta4ra-list -size .meta4 $fn)
+    meta4ra-list .meta4 $fn |
     meta4ra-url-sort ru c:eu "" rand |
     while read url ; do
         meta4ra-dl -size $size -progress "$url" |
-        meta4ra-check -meta4 .meta4 -pipe $fn >$fn || {
+        meta4ra-check -pipe .meta4 $fn >$fn || {
             rm $fn
             continue
         }
diff --git a/cmd/check.go b/cmd/check.go
index 560936c..8e95b9c 100644
--- a/cmd/check.go
+++ b/cmd/check.go
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ func runCheck() {
 	allHashes := flag.Bool("all-hashes", false, "Check all hashes, not the first common one")
 	hashes := flag.String("hashes", meta4ra.HashesDefault,
 		"hash-name:commandline[,...]")
-	metaPath := flag.String("meta4", "file.meta4", "Metalink file")
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(flag.CommandLine.Output(),
-			"Usage: %s [options] [FILE ...]\n", os.Args[0])
+			"Usage: %s [options] FILE.meta4 [FILE ...]\n", os.Args[0])
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		fmt.Fprint(flag.CommandLine.Output(), `
 If no FILEs are specified, then all <file>s from metalink are searched and
@@ -58,9 +57,13 @@ format, then you can just specify an empty ("") FILE.
 		return
 	}
 
+	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 	var meta meta4ra.Metalink
 	{
-		data, err := os.ReadFile(*metaPath)
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(flag.Arg(0))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ format, then you can just specify an empty ("") FILE.
 	}
 
 	toCheck := make(map[string]string)
-	for _, fn := range flag.Args() {
+	for _, fn := range flag.Args()[1:] {
 		toCheck[path.Base(fn)] = fn
 	}
 	if *pipe && len(toCheck) != 1 {
diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
index 73757e8..45a3640 100644
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list.go
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func runList() {
-	metaPath := flag.String("meta4", "file.meta4", "Metalink file")
 	doSize := flag.Bool("size", false, "Print file's size")
 	doSig := flag.Bool("sig", false, "Extract signature files")
 	flag.Usage = func() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(flag.CommandLine.Output(),
-			"Usage: %s [options] [FILE]\n", os.Args[0])
+			"Usage: %s [options] FILE.meta4 [FILE]\n", os.Args[0])
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		fmt.Fprint(flag.CommandLine.Output(), `
 If FILE is not specified, then list all files of .meta4.
@@ -51,9 +50,13 @@ Otherwise list all URLs of the given FILE.
 		return
 	}
 
+	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 	var meta meta4ra.Metalink
 	{
-		data, err := os.ReadFile(*metaPath)
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(flag.Arg(0))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ Otherwise list all URLs of the given FILE.
 
 	bad := false
 	for _, f := range meta.Files {
-		if flag.NArg() == 0 {
+		if flag.NArg() == 1 {
 			for _, sig := range f.Signature {
 				if !*doSig {
 					continue
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ Otherwise list all URLs of the given FILE.
 			}
 			fmt.Println(f.Name)
 		} else {
-			if f.Name != flag.Arg(0) {
+			if f.Name != flag.Arg(1) {
 				continue
 			}
 			if *doSize {
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ Otherwise list all URLs of the given FILE.
 				break
 			}
 			for _, u := range f.URLs {
-				fmt.Printf("%d|%s|%s\n", u.Priority, u.Location, u.URL)
+				fmt.Println(u.String())
 			}
 			break
 		}
-- 
2.52.0