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- TITLE: Cmd.uu v3 (exec. and icon) - Redirects serial or parallel to file
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- For those of you who have asked for the ability to capture printer
- output in a file...
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- What follows are two uuencoded files for my Cmd.info and Cmd.
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- Cmd redirects serial.device or parallel.device output to a file.
- This allows you to capture the printer output of many applications
- (including screen dumps) in a file.
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- CLI Usage: [run] Cmd [-s] [-m] [-n] parallel|serial filename
- (or Cmd ? for help)
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- Example: run Cmd -m -n parallel ram:pfile
- To end a multiple (-m) Cmd, CTRL-C, or use BREAK if run
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- Workbench: Just double click. All args specified in .info ToolTypes.
- Workbench defaults:
- DEVICE=parallel
- FILE=ram:CMD_file
- SKIP=FALSE
- MULTIPLE=FALSE
- NOTIFY=FALSE
- To end a MULTIPLE Cmd, double-click CMD again
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- Options (CLI or Workbench ToolTypes):
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- -s (ToolTypes: SKIP=TRUE)
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- If the -s (SKIP) option is specified, Cmd will ignore an initial
- short (less than 8 bytes) write to the device and not save that
- write in the file. This option is useful when capturing a
- screen dump because most of our drivers currently send a Reset
- string to the printer before the dump. The driver then delays
- so that subsequent data sent is not lost. When the dump is
- captured in a file, this programmatic delay is lost and the
- following bytes are endangered by the reset. In most cases,
- this option should prevent the Reset string from being stored
- in the Cmd file. You should be able to copy the resulting file
- directly to PAR: (or SER:) for a quick dump.
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- -m (Tooltypes: MULTIPLE=TRUE)
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- If the -m (MULTIPLE) option is not specified, the file is closed
- and the redirection removed when the device is closed by the
- application. With the -m option, Cmd remains installed and
- opens a new file (with .n extension) each time the device is
- opened.
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- -n (Tooltypes: NOTIFY=TRUE)
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- The -n (NOTIFY) option causes output of progress messages about
- the redirection. I like noisy utilities but many others don't,
- so it's an option.
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- Cmd - Copyright (c) 1987 Commodore Business Machines - All Rights Reserved
- This program may be freely non-commercially redistributed.
- Only warranty is works fine for me --- Carolyn Scheppner
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- This icon already has some default Tooltypes set up. Executable follows.
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