[Coco] make dskcopy not working

[Bob Devries]

Hi Tormod,

In CygWin, the command "os9 copy" does not move the .dsk files from where 
that are created to the dsks directory. I don't understand why it would be 
different in Linux, but hey, nothing surprises me. ;)

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tormod Volden" <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] make dskcopy not working


> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Bob Devries wrote:
>> Hello Tormod,
>>
>> Last night (It's 9:30am here) I tried to do a MAKE DSKCOPY, which I 
>> believe
>> should put all the .dsk file in one directory. That's not working, even
>> though I created the necessary directory (dsks). I haven't completely
>> checked this out, but I believe you are using the unix/linux/CygWin "cp"
>> command to copy the files.
>>
>> This doesn't work, because CP is already defined in rules.mak:
>>
>> CP = os9 copy -o
>
> Bob, you're right, this ought to be changed. I noticed it in the
> makefile too, but funny enough it works fine here (on Linux) to copy
> files using os9 copy.
>
>>
>> Perhaps using another comman utility, (MV?) would work?
>> Actually MOVE is defined also:
>>
>> MOVE = mv
>>
>> Would it be good to use mv, since I think you want to move the .dsk files 
>> to
>> the one directory defined also as:
>>
>> DSKDIR = $(NITROS9DIR)/dsks
>
> I am not sure about this. You have "make dsk" to make the disk images,
> and "make dskcopy" to copy them. You can always do a "make dskclean"
> to get rid of the files afterwards.
>
>>
>> I found a small bug in the file "/level1/modules/rfmdesc.asm"
>>
>> IFNDEF DNum
>>        DNum set 0
>> ENDC
>>        mod eom,name,tylg,atrv,mgrnam,drvnam
>>        fcb DIR.!SHARE.!PEXEC.!PWRIT.!PREAD.!EXEC.!UPDAT. mode byte
>>        fcb HW.Page extended controller address
>>        fdb $0000+DNum physical controller address
>>        fcb initsize-*-1 initilization table size
>>        fcb DT.RFM device type:0=scf,1=rbf,2=pipe,3=scf
>>        fcb dnum drive number        <<========== problem with 
>> capitalisation
>> here.
>> initsize equ *
>
> Right, symbols are case sensitive in lwasm, unless the "nosymbolcase"
> pragma is in effect.
>
> Tormod
>
>>
>> This code was written by Aaron Wolfe; maybe he can comment, and upload 
>> the
>> fix?
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
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