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- PPIP.COM
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- Size (recs) CRC Version Author/Latest Issue Disk
- 5k (37) EEC7 1.9 Rick Charnes 11/88 Z3COM7
-
- 1- Syntax/Options 2- Notes 3- Error Messages 4- Examples of Use
-
-
-
- PPIP is a file copy program for use across user areas, written to
- supplement SWEEP, NSWP, and PIP. PPIP is best used to copy or backup just a
- few files (eliminating the wait for SWEEP, VFILER, etc. to load and start).
- Version 1.0 (12/85) by David Jewett, III.
- :1
-
- Syntax: PPIP [du: or dir]<source.typ>[ [du: or dir:][<dest.typ>][ /options]
-
- or PPIP [[du: or dir:]<dest.typ>=][du: or dir:]<source.typ>[ /options]
-
-
- Options: /A (off) <-- copy only unarchived files
- (default) /C (off) <-- print the CRC value
- /E (off) <-- delete (Erase) R/W files without asking
- /M (off) <-- move a file (erase source file after copy)
- /V (off) <-- do CRC verification
- /W (off) <-- delete (Wipe) R/W & R/O files without asking
-
- When the 'move' mode is endabled, the /V option is forced on to provide CRC
- verification. If the /V or /M switch is on and the CRC fails, the copy will
- be retried.
- :2
-
-
- PPIP Notes:
-
- a. Vs 1.5 has optional DateStamper support to copy datestamp of source file
- to destination. This is noted in the built-in help screen and in the
- verify 'OK' message.
-
- b. Vs 1.8 adds Z80DOS support. Vs 1.9 provides an interface with the ZCPR3
- error handler. Aborting with Ctrl-C will set the ZCPR3 error flag to 7,
- if the destination disk is full, the ZCPR3 flag will be set to 8, and if
- the directory on the destination disk is full, PPIP will set the error
- flag to 9.
-
- c. The following patch points are for the NON-ZCPR3 version of PPIP vs 1.8.
- For ZCPR3 versions, add 08H to all addresses.
-
-
- LABEL LOCATION PURPOSE DEFAULT
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TRIGGER equate specifies the trigger you want to use to '~'
- in source code in enter literal control character from the
- CON: Note, don't use '^; as trigger since
- doing so will prevent you from entering
- the control character '^^'.
-
- SWID equateyour screen width in characters 80
-
- RETRY 0103H the number of retrys you want PPIP to attempt 3
- if CRC verification fails.
-
- MAXDRV 0104h your maximum accessible drive letter in caps 'P'
-
- MAXUSR 0105H your maximum accessible user number 15
-
-
-
- SWITCH 0106H specifies the character to be used to activate '/'
- options in the command line
- line
-
- VERIFY 0108H the CRC verification option V - off
-
- REPORT 010AH the CRC report option (shows value in hex) C - off
-
- ARCHIV 010CH the archive option A - off
-
- EMEND 010EH the option to allow overwriting R/W files E - off
- without asking
-
- WIPE 0110H the option to allow erasing of all files W - off
- (both R/W and R/O) without asking
-
- MOVF 0112H the move option M - off
-
-
- OPTIONS
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- A note regarding the options: The options table is terminated
- with a zero in the options-character position. If you want to
- "hard-wire" the options, you can simply terminate the table at
- the appropriate place. The options status bytes must remain
- intact and must be set the way you want. For instance, to turn
- the EMEND and WIPE options off permanently, you would substitute
- a zero for the 'E' at 0110H.
- :3
-
- Error Messages
-
- MESSAGE MEANING
- -------------------------------- ------------------------------
- "<?> - unrecognized option" you have used an option
- character that is invalid
-
- "Archived" a copy operation is being
- skipped because a file has
- already been archived
-
- "bad drive/user spec in <filename>" either the drive or the user
- area you have specified is out
- of bounds
-
- "Can't close destination" the destination file has been
- written but can't be closed
-
-
- Error Messages (continued):
-
- "Can't copy to same drive/user" an attempt has been made to
- write the destination file on
- top of the source file
-
- "can't open source" the source file has been
- located but can't be opened
-
- "Directory is full" there is no room left for
- another entry in the disk
- directory
-
- "Disk full. Deleting file." the destination file is too
- "Disk full. Copy deleted." big to fit on the specified
- disk. The partial file will be
- deleted.
-
-
- Error Messages (continued):
-
- "Duplicate!" a copy operation is being
- skipped because it will over-
- write the file just written
-
- "Exists! Delete?" the file about to be written
- "R/O! Delete?" exists. You should enter the
- single character 'Y' or 'N' to
- indicate whether the file
- should be deleted.
-
- "Ignoring:" the program will list and
- ignore all arguments other
- than the source and
- destination file names and
- options.
-
-
- Error Messages (continued):
-
- "invalid characters in <filename>" you have used an illegal
- character in the file name.
- Unacceptable characters are
- the comma, semi-colon, colon,
- equals sign, and single and
- double quotes
-
- "No destination file specified" issued only when CON: is the
- source file and a destination
- file name must be specified
-
- "no file <filename>" the file name you have used
- cannot be found on the
- specified drive and user area
-
-
- Error Messages (continued):
-
- "Ok" tells you how the CRC check
- "failed" came out
-
- "Out of memory" PPIP puts all the expanded
- source file names in memory
- and uses all memory above that
- for disk buffering. If no
- memory is left after the
- source file name is expanded
- you will get this error
- message
-
- "Please check your disk" CRC has failed retry + 1 times
- so something is seriously
- wrong
-
-
- Error Messages (continued):
-
- "User abort" you have used control-C to
- abort the copy process
-
- "verify file open error" the destination file has been
- written but can't be reopened
- for verification
-
- "Verifying" tells you that CRC
- verification is being done
-
- "Wildcards not allowed" issued only when CON: is the
- source file. The destination
- file name must be unambiguous
- :4
-
-
- Examples of Use:
-
- a. A0>PPIP <-- print help menu
-
- b. A0>PPIP B0:*.* <-- copy all files on B0: to A0:
-
- c. C8>PPIP A:*.COM 5:*.OBJ <-- (MS-DOS) copy all .COM files on
- A8: to .OBJ files with the same
- names on C5:
-
- d. A0>PPIP B15:X*.* C0:Z*.* <-- (MS-DOS) copy all files on B15:
- that start with 'X' to files with
- the same names, except starting
- with 'Z', on C0:
-
-
-
- Examples of Use (continued):
-
- e. B14>PPIP *.* C0:?????BAK.* <-- (MS-DOS) copy all files on B14:
- to C0: and insert the letters
- 'BAK' at the end of the filename
-
- f. B8>PPIP D0:=A0:KMD.COM <-- copy the KMD.COM file on A0: to
- D0:
-
- g. A0>PPIP D0:=B11:*.?Q? <-- copy all files with a 'Q' in the
- extension that appear on B11: to
- D0:
-
- h. A15>PPIP COPY.COM=0:PPIP.COM <-- copy PPIP.COM on A0: to COPY.COM
- on A15:
-
- i. D5>PPIP B0:MYFILE.DOC=CON: <-- copy console input to MYFILE.DOC
- on B0: