NOS Utilities for Host-Based File Manipulation: (Version 1.0.1 [beta-evaluation]) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Format --------------------------------------------------------------------------- nosutils [subcommand] [switches] <operation-specific parameters> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SubCommands: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FConvert Converts file from one format to another. Parameters: fileIn conversion_mode fileOut TAssemble Generate a NOS I-Format Tape using instructions from a control file. Related Switches: -c"Control_file_name" Name of the SOURCE control file. -d"Input Directory" Name of the SOURCE directory container. -D Output record in DISPLAY CODE form. Parameters: <target_tapeFn> TCatalog List the contents of the named tape image. Parameters: tapeFn1 (tapeFn2 ... tapeFnN) TCreate Create a NOS I-Format Tape from individual files Parameters: <target_tapeFn> <input_Fn1 (input_Fn2 ... input_FnN)> TDisassemble Unpacks a NOS I-Format tape into individual files (one file per record) Related Switches: -pPREFIX Specify a per-file name prefix Default: "rec". -c"Control_file_name" Name of the TARGET control file. -d"Output Directory" Name of the TARGET directory container. -D Output record in DISPLAY CODE form. TDump Format/display the contents of the named tape image. Parameters: tapeFn1(tapeFn2 ... tapeFnN) TFix Re-build Internal tape format as well as re-sequence serial/checksum information from Input tape to Output Tape. Parameters: <source_tapeFn> <target_tapeFn> TVerify Verify the integrity of the tape container as well as the internal sequence numbers / checksums. Parameters: tapeFn1(tapeFn2 ... tapeFnN) TVerifyISeq Verify Internal Sequence Numbers (NOS I-Format Tapes) Parameters: tapeFn1(tapeFn2 ... tapeFnN) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switches --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -4 For TDisassemble/TCreate, record-files are translated from packed binary into 64 bit representations of 60-bit CM Words. takes instructions from the control file. -D For TDisassemble/TCreate, record-files are translated from packed binary into cdc display code. The 'TAssemble' subcommand takes instructions from the control file. -e<filename> Error Output (default is stderr) -o<filename> Output File (default is stdout) -c<filename> Control File (TAssemble | TDisassemble) -d<dirname> Target/Source directory (TAssemble | TDisassemble) -pPCHARS Prefix characters for output records (TDisassemble) 32-character maximum. (Default: "rec") -? or -h General Help -H Subcommand Specific Detailed Help --------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Thanks: Gerard J van der Grinten; Tom Hunter; Kevin Jordan; Paul Koning; and Dale Sinder whose initial work informed/inspired this unified compilation of utilities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright(c) 2022-2023 Steven Zoppi This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License version 3 for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 3 along with this program in file "license-gpl-3.0.txt". If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt>. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------