utilities:nosutils:command.help
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Help Displays (-h and -H)
Overview
The lower-case Help display -h
switch displays the general help for the nosutils
command. The upper-case -H
help display shows more detailed help pertinent to the selected subcommand.
Help Output
NOS Utilities for Host-Based File Manipulation:
(Version 1.0.1 [beta-evaluation])
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General Format
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nosutils [subcommand] [switches] <operation-specific parameters>
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SubCommands:
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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)
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Switches
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-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
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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.
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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>.
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Case Sensitivity
In all cases, the subcommand is case-insensitive and may be abbreviated as long as the subcommand is unambiguous.
utilities/nosutils/command.help.txt · Last modified: 2023/01/20 12:17 by site_admin