## CPMCP

Section: User commands (1)
Updated: December 1, 2013
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NAME cpmcp - copy files from and to CP/M disks.
SYNOPSIS
cpmcp [-f format] [-p] [-t] image user:file file
cpmcp [-f format] [-p] [-t] image user:file ... directory
cpmcp [-f format] [-p] [-t] image file user:file
cpmcp [-f format] [-p] [-t] image file ... user:
DESCRIPTION
Cpmcp copies one or more files to or from a CP/M disk.
When copying multiple files, the last argument must be a drive or directory. The drive letter does not matter because the device is specified by the image, it is only used to specify which direction you want to copy. The user number is specified after the drive letter, if omitted user 0 is used.
You can use * and ? as "wildcards" in CP/M file names, which have the same meaning in unix-like shells, and also on the MS-DOS and Windows command lines for file name patterns.
OPTIONS

-f
  Use the given CP/M disk format instead of the default format.
  For Apple II CP/M 80 users the disk image formats apple-do and apple-po are available. These are DOS3.3 order and ProDOS order disk image formats respectively, and must always be specified using the form -f apple-do or -f apple-po.
-p
  Preserve time stamps when copying files from CP/M to UNIX (not implemented for copying the other way so far).
-t
  Convert text files between CP/M and UNIX conventions.

Examples:
The following example shows how to copy a file from an Apple II DOS 3.3 order cpm disk image to the current directory:
cpmcp -f apple-do exmplcpm.dsk 0:bhead.c bhead.c
The following example shows how to copy a file to an Apple II DOS 3.3 order cpm disk image from the current directory:
cpmcp -f apple-do exmplcpm.dsk bhead.c 0:bhead.c
RETURN VALUE - Upon successful completion, exit code 0 is returned.
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system the exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a language like C.
ERRORS - Any errors are indicated by exit code 1.
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system the exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a language like C.
FILES - diskdefs - CP/M disk format definitions
The diskdefs file is a plain ascii text file (in "unix" format, not Windows format) that serves as a database of disk and disk image format definitions. It can be reviewed for available CP/M formats and their names. For Apple II CP/M 80 users the disk image formats apple-do and apple-po are available.
To convert between Windows text and "unix" text, two utilities (rmcr and cr) are included in the Windows distro of the cpmtools binaries. These are included so you can use a Windows text editor to edit a copy of diskdefs if your Windows text editor does not edit "unix" text.
The possible locations where cpmtools first looks for the diskdefs file:
Can vary depending on the preferences of the person who builds the cpmtools binaries (executables) from the source code.
If it's not found the current (work) directory is then searched for a file called diskdefs.
The Windows distro uses \cpmtools\diskdefs as a default.
On a unix-like system, a ${prefix}/share/ style path like /usr/local/share/ is a possible place that cpmtools will first look for diskdefs.
In a Win32 system sometimes unix-like shells like cygwin are used to build and run cpmtools instead of Windows cmd. For those installations unix-like conventions may apply.
AUTHORS
This program is copyright 1997-2013 Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>. The Windows port is copyright 2000, 2001, 2011 John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
SEE ALSO
cmpls(1), cpm(5)

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NAME cpmcp - copy files from and to CP/M disks.
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
  OPTIONS
  RETURN VALUE
  ERRORS
  FILES
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

Caveat Emptor
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