Commodore 1581 - Save Command

FORMAT FOR THE SAVE COMMAND
DSAVE "file name" [,Ddrive#] [,Udevice#]
This command will not work in copying programs that are not
written in BASIC. To copy these machine language programs, you can
use the BSAVE command or the built-in Monitor S command.
FORMAT FOR THE BSAVE COMMAND
BSAVE "file name" [,Ddrive#] [,Udevice#] [Bbank#]
[,Pstarting address] [TO Pending address +1]
where the usual options are the same and bank# is one of the 16
banks of the C128. The addresses to be saved are given in decimal.
Note that the ending address must be 1 location beyond the. last
location to be saved.
To access a built-in monitor, type MONITOR. To exit a monitor,
type X alone on a line.
FORMAT FOR A MONITOR SAVE
S"drive #:file name",device #,starting address,ending address +1
where "drive #:" is the drive number, 0 on the 1581; "file name" is any
valid file name up to 14 characters long (16 if you leave outjthe drive #
and the colon that follows it); "device #" is a two digit device number,
normally 08 on the 1581 (the leading 0 is required); and the addresses
to be saved are given in Hexadecimal (base 16,) but without a leading
dollar sign (for the Plus/4). On the C128, the addresses need not be in
Hexidecimal. Note that the ending address listed must be 1 location
beyond the last location to be saved.
SAVE WITH REPLACE
If a file already exists, it can't be saved again with the same name
because the disk drive allows only one copy of any given file name per
diskette. It is possible to get around this problem using the RENAME
and SCRATCH commands described later in this chapter. If all you
wish to do is replace a program or data file with a revised version,
another command is more convenient. Known as SAVE WITH RE
PLACE, or @SAVE this option tells the disk drive to replace any file it
finds in the diskette directory with the same name, substituting the
new file for the old version.
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