VECTOR 4 USER'S MANUAL
VECTOR 4 CP/M TRANSIENT
COMMANDS
The
PIP
Command
The
PIP
command,
which
stands
for
"Peripheral
Interchange
Program", copies
programs and
text
fUes
between
disks or
to
new
file
names.
It
can
also
be
used
to
transfer
files
to
or
from
logical
devices,
such
as
printers
or
communication lines (the
devices
mentioned
in
the
section
about
the
STAT
command).
The
basic command line format
for
using PIP is:
PIP <target>=<source> [RETURN]
where
<target>
and <source>
can
be
disks, files (ambiguous
or
unambiguous), or
logical devices. As with the
STAT command, this manual will only
cover
disks
and
files;
refer
to
the
manual
for
the
specific
device
you plan
to
use for
instructions on
how
to
"pip" information
to
and from
it.
If
you
try
to
PIP
to
a
read-only
(write-protected) disk,
the
screen
will flash
the
message, ERROR - DISK
IS
READ-ONLY.
If
this
happens,
make
sure
that
there
is no
write-protect
tab
on
the
diskette.
If
the
write-protect
notch
is
clear,
remember
to
enter
a [CTRL
C]
after
inserting
anew
diskette
in
the
drive.
(Until
you
perform
a warm
boot
(with
the
[CTRL CD,
the
disk in
the
drive will
be
considered read-only.)
If
the
disk is
still
considered
read-only,
refer
to
the
STAT instructions
to
find
out
how
to
open
the
diskette.
The
·One-Line PIP Command
The
PIP
program is very flexible and powerful;
it
is probably
safe
to
say tl1at
you will use
it
more than any
other
CP/M utility. Since you
have
the
option
of
using
ambiguous
file
names
as
source
names, you
can
copy a tremendous
amount of information with only a few movements of
the
fingers.
As
an
example:
let's
say
you
want
to
make
a
copy
of
everything
in
the
current
user
area
of
the A drive. To copy
it
to
the
B
drive,
you
need
only
enter:
A>PlP
Br-A:*.*
[RETURN]
The
screen
will announce
that
it
is
COPYING -
and
then
display
each
file's
name
as
it
is copied
to
the
target
drive. This
command even keeps
the
same file names in
the
target
as
the
source,
so
that
all
the
transient
commands
on
the
A drive will
still
have
the
same command
names on
the
B drive.
Rev. A -
09-01-82
7100-0001
IX-27
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