VECTOR 4 USER'S
MANUAL
VECTOR 4 CP/M TRANSIENT
COMMANDS
•
If
you're
moving
files
from
one
disk
to
another,
either
the
target
file name or
target
disk must be
mentioned.
(If
you're
logged
on
drive
A. you
can't
just
enter
PIP =B:*.COM. You'll have
to
type
PIP
A:=B:*.COM,
even
though
you're
in
the
A
drive.
You
can,
however, log into
the
source drive and then type PIP A:=*.COM.)
-
•
The
target
file
or disk name comes
first
- PIP reads from right
to
left.
• Look
at
your
source
files
carefully
for
patterns.
If you
want
to
copy
five
files
all
beginning
with
TR
(e.g.,
TRANSCOM.MEM,
TROUBLE.COM,
TRIP.DOC,
TRAINING.ASM, and TRANSLAT.BAS),
you
can
copy
all
five
at
once
with
the
line,
PIP
<target
disk>=<source disk>TR*.* [RETURN).
One final
note
on
the
PIP
program:
You
cannot
PIP any
files
set
to
SYS
status
by
the
STAT
program,
or
files
which have an extension of
DBS
(for
database). You
can
either use STAT
to
set
the
SYS
files
to
DIR,
or
simply
use
the
DISKCOPY or STORE
programs
to
move
the
entire
contents
of
the
disk. (See below
for
more information about DISKCOPY and STORE.)
'[be·
FORMAT Command
This
program
copies a "framework" for
the
operating system onto a blank disk
or
diskette. This framework makes
it
possible
for
the
Basic
Disk
Operating
System
to
orient
itself
to
the
disk
and keep track of where
it
writes data;
until
FORMAT
has been performed, no
other
activity
is
possible
on
the
disk.
You
must
format
brand-new blank diskettes before you use them for
the
first
fu~
.
For
software
diskettes.
on the
other
hand, where
there
is a program
ora
set
of
programs
already
copied
on
to
the
diskette,
formatting
_
is
not
only
unnecessary,
but
expensive
as
well:
the
FORMAT
program erases
the
entire
disk
surface
before
putting
the
orientation
markers
in
place. Never format
any
disk
or
diskette
which
contains
valuable information. Always check
the
directory
before
formatting
a
used
diskette,
and look
at
any file you
can't
immediately identify.
It's
always less expensive, in the long run,
to
buy a new
diskette than
it
is
to
redo all the work on an older one.
If
your hard disk is already in use, formatting
will
wipe
it
clean.
However,
the
command
for
formatting your hard disk is
different
from
the
command for
formatting a floppy, so you
needn't
fear
doing this
accidentally.
In
addition,
you
will
be
offered
a
warning
before
a disk is actually erased, and given a
chance
to
quit
before any damage is done.
Rev. A -
09-01-82
7100-0001
IX-31
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