PIP
KEYBOARD.CPM=KEYS.CCP
....
make a copy of
KEY
S • C C P calling
it
KEY
BOA
RD. C
PM
PIP
CON:=KEYS.CCP
....
send file
KEY
S •
CC
P to screen (similar effect to T Y P
EKE
Y S •
CC
P)
PIP LST:=KEYS.CCP
....
send file
KEY
S •
CC
P to
printer
PIP
TYPEIN.TXT=CON:
....
accept keyboard
input
into a file called T Y P E
IN.
T X T
Note
that
this
last
operation is terminated by
the
[CONTROL]Z control code, and
that
in
order to
get
a new line you
must
type [CONTROL]J after [RETURN] every time.
[CONTROL]J is
the
ASCII code for line feed.
If
typed without parameters,
PIP
gives a * prompt, and you can
then
enter the
commands
that
you require. This form of operation is particularly useful
for
copying
files when we
do
not
have
the
PIP.
CO
M file on either
the
source or destination disc.
We
can load
in
PIP
from System disc Side
1,
remove the System disc, and
then
insert
the
discs
that
we
are
going to use during
the
copying.
To
exit from
PIP,
press [RETURN]
at
the
* prompt.
Note
that
PIP
can be used to copy files from one disc to another on a single drive
system, prompts will be automatically issued to change the disc. The source and
destination drive identifiers
must
differ.
System management
D I
R,
ERA
SE,
RE
N A M E and T Y P E are
transient
programs with more facilities
than
their
built-in counterparts. As with
many
other
transient
programs supplied by
Digital Research, secondary parameters
are
specified
in
square brackets. Full details
are
contained
in
the
HE
LP
files (on Side 3 of your system discs package). A
few
examples are:
DIR
[FULL]
ERASE
*.COM
[CONFIRM]
AMSDOS
and
CPIM
displays show file sizes and attributes
will prompt for confirmation of each file
it
finds,
individually
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