[Coco] ToolShed Use.

[Alex Evans]

The important thing you are probably missing is that for a os9/decb disk
target you use a comma "," to separate the disk name from the filespec. If
you use a disk file as a target for the copy command without the comma, you
will overwrite the disk file with the file you are trying to copy to it.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 20:11 Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:

> Decb.exe has built in help. Ex. for what you are asking:decb copy -h The
> above will give you the format for the Copy command.
> Now to copy a file from a Coco to a PC using Drivewire, you don't use a
> Toolshed command. You just use a Basic command or a NitrOS9 command.
> Since your .bas file is already on your PC, decb copy should work if you
> use the format given by Help. If you have a Windows system, you could try
> using wimgtool.exe.What if any errors are you seeing? Can you access any
> other files on the .dsk? If this is the first file to be placed on the
> .dsk, is the disk formatted correctly?
>
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>   On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 6:55 PM, coco at jechar.ca<coco at jechar.ca> wrote:
> Hi I have often used the os9 program in toolshed but never
> used the decb program before.
>
> I had the idea that decb copy -a -0 X.BAS X.dsk
>
> Would put the  basic program X.BAS written on a PC on the
> drivewire X.dsk
>
> It did not work what is the proper syntax ?
>
> Charlie
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