Re: SIMH Altair simulator question

Lee wrote:

I seems that the program can list files, but when it tries to open
them for copying, it can't find them.
I tried the L option, so it's not a problem with lower or uppercase
filenames. I tried to rename the files, but it didn't work.
I can always copy files individualy, one at the time, but wildcards
are very usefull to copy lot of files, all at the same time.

Wrote some days ago an e-mail to Peter Schorn at the address found
on his website, but I think it's spammed...

Any Idea why READ.COM doesn't work with wildcards?

Try

r c:\vde\*.COM

I moved my files to C:\VDE, and tried that command line, but didn't work :

-------------------
A>R C:\VDE\*.COM

READ V-2.23 (01-Mar-08) SIMH Interface V003
Read from "VDE.COM" and write to "VDE.COM".
File does not exist.
Read from "VINST.COM" and write to "VINST.COM".
File does not exist.
-------------------

.... because R doesn't know the destination drive.
Here is the correct syntax for command R :

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A>R

READ V-2.23 (01-Mar-08) SIMH Interface V003
Usage: READ <file name> [L]
Binary copy <file name> from host environment. L = use lower case for name.

Examples
READ bdos.mac copy BDOS.MAC to BDOS.MAC
READ bdos.mac L copy bdos.mac to BDOS.MAC
READ *.mac copy all files ending with .MAC
READ a:bdos.mac copy BDOS.MAC to A:
READ a:*.com copy all .COM files to A:
READ src\bdos.mac copy SRC\BDOS.MAC to BDOS.MAC
READ src\a:bdos.mac copy SRC\BDOS.MAC to BDOS.MAC on A:
READ src\*.mac copy all .MAC files from directory SRC
READ src\*.MAC L copy all .mac files from directory src
READ src\a:test.* copy all TEST.* files from directory SRC to A:
-------------------

For the R and W commands, the source root directory is the working directory
of the SimH Altairz80 emulator.
You can only access files with relative pathnames.
Example :
Altairz80 Working directory : D:\simh\altairz80
Files to copy : D:\FILES\*.COM
CP/M Destination Drive (virtual disk) : B:

The correct command syntax must be :
(I admit this syntax is quite confusing)
-------------------
A>R ..\..\FILES\B:*.COM

READ V-2.23 (01-Mar-08) SIMH Interface V003
Read from "VDE.COM" and write to "B:VDE.COM".
File does not exist.
Read from "VINST.COM" and write to "B:VINST.COM".
File does not exist.
-------------------

R can list files ( because it prints filenames) but can't open them.

I made a lot of testing, I can copy files using pathnames NOR wildcards.
But using pathnames AND wildcards doesn't work.
Maybe is this a windows only problem. I did not try the Linux version.

--
Emmanuel Da Piedade
http://retrocomputing.free.fr
http://apple2c.free.fr


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