cdm(1) Local commands cdm(1)
NAME
cdm - CP/M disk manager
SYNOPSIS
cdm file...
DESCRIPTION
cdm gives access to the CP/M disk images used by yaze(1).
With cdm you can create disks, copy files to and from the
Unix file system, list files and erase files from the CP/M
disk.
OPTIONS
Any files listed on the cdm command line are taken to be
existing CP/M disk files and they are mounted successively
to drive A, B, C, ... etc.
The format of CP/M disk files (<CPM_Disk>) is described in
yaze.doc and yaze-ag.doc.
INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
The interactive interface to cdm mimics an extended CP/M
clone. The current disk and user number appear in the
prompt and can be changed by entering DU: as a command,
where D is any mounted disk letter (a .. p) and U is a
user number (cdm allows 0 .. 31, although you should
restrict yourself to numbers under 16 to remain compatible
with CP/M).
DU: can also be prefixed to any filename, to indicate that
it is not on the current disk/user. Two pseudo disks can
be referenced in the copy command: u and t. These refer
to files in the Unix file-system. `u:file' refers to a
binary Unix file and `t:file' refers to a text Unix file.
The difference is that u: files are copied verbatim
whereas t: files undergo CRLF and ^Z processing appropri−
ate for the copy direction (to or from CP/M).
Command names can be shortened to a unique abbreviation.
If cdm was compiled with GNU Readline, command-line edit−
ing, filename completion and history recall are available
- see the readline documentation.
help Display a command list
help cmd
Give details about cmd
mount Mount a Unix file as a CP/M disk
umount Unmount a CP/M disk
dir Display directory
ls Synonym for `dir'
era Erase CP/M file(s)
cp Copy one or more files (use wildcards)
rename Rename a CP/M file
type Pipe a text file through $PAGER
create Create a new disk
(modified by Andreas Gerlich to create files with
sektor size 2048 bytes to use under CP/M 3.1)
! Execute a Unix command
quit Terminate cdm
SEE ALSO
yaze(1)
AUTHORS
Frank D. Cringle
Carl Mascott
Andreas Gerlich
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