cdm.1

.\"	$Id: cdm.1,v 1.2 2004/01/11 16:11:17 fdc Exp $	
.TH cdm 1 "10 October 1995" "Frank\'s Hacks" "Local commands"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
cdm \- CP/M disk manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B cdm
.I file...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B cdm
gives access to the CP/M disk images used by \fByaze(1)\fR.  With
\fBcdm\fR you can create disks, copy files to and from the Unix file
system, list files and erase files from the CP/M disk.
.SH OPTIONS
Any files listed on the \fBcdm\fR 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.
.SH INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
The interactive interface to \fBcdm\fR 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 (\fBcdm\fR 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
\fBcopy\fR 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 appropriate
for the copy direction (to or from CP/M).

Command names can be shortened to a unique abbreviation.  If \fBcdm\fR
was compiled with GNU Readline, command-line editing, filename
completion and history recall are available - see the readline
documentation.
.TP
.B help
Display a command list
.TP
.B help \fIcmd\fR
Give details about \fIcmd\fR
.TP
.B mount
Mount a Unix file as a CP/M disk
.TP
.B umount
Unmount a CP/M disk
.TP
.B dir
Display directory
.TP
.B ls
Synonym for `dir'
.TP
.B era
Erase CP/M file(s)
.TP
.B cp
Copy a file
.TP
.B rename
Rename a CP/M file
.TP
.B type
Pipe a text file through $PAGER
.TP
.B create
Create a new disk
.TP
.B !
Execute a Unix command
.TP
.B quit
Terminate cdm


.SH SEE ALSO
.B yaze(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Frank D. Cringle (fdc@cliwe.ping.de).