LAR
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NAME
LAR - CP/M lu compatible file archiver
SYNOPSIS
lar
key library [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Lar is a Unix program to manipulate CP/M LU format libraries.
The primary use of lar is to combine several
files together for upload/download to a personal computer.
Its actions are controlled by the
key
argument.
The
key
is a string of characters containing
at most one function letter and possibly
one or more function modifiers.
Other arguments to the command are
files
specifying which files are to be dumped or restored.
The function portion of
the key is specified by one of the following letters:
- u
-
The named
files
are added to the library.
- e
-
The named
files
are extracted from the tape.
- p
-
Print files in library.
- d
-
Delete files in library.
- r
-
Reorganize library.
- t
-
The names of the specified files are listed each time that they occur
on the library.
If no
files
argument is given,
all the names
on the tape are listed.
The following characters may be used in addition to the letter
that selects the desired function:
- v
-
-
Normally,
Lar
does its work silently.
The
v
(verbose)
option causes it to type the name of each file it treats,
preceded by the function letter.
With the
t
function,
v
gives more information about the
library entries than just the name.
DIAGNOSTICS
Invoking lar without arguments prints a help message.
AUTHOR
The original CP/M library program LU is the product of Gary P. Novosielski.
Unix version by Stephen Hemminger, Mitre Corp. Bedford MA.
BUGS
Pathnames are stored in CP/M format (XXXXXXXX.XXX).
Lar tries to detect
text files vs. binaries by checking for non-Ascii (8th bit set) chars.
If the file is text lar will throw away Control-Z chars which
CP/M puts on the end.
All files in the library are padded with Control-Z
up to the end to the CP/M sector size if necessary.
No effort is made to handle the difference between CP/M and Unix
end of line chars.
CP/M uses Cr/Lf and Unix just uses Lf.
SEE ALSO
comhex(1), chek(1), cpmcat(1), crck(1), mkbin(1), sum(1), wc(1).
Index
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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