[Coco] ToolShed Use.

[Robert Gault]

The problem is with the toolshed help messages. There is no mention of needing to enter a file name twice. That is only shown in the documentation. 
The copy help message should read 
Decb copy (attr) file.nam disk.dsk, file.nam (attr) 
Well at least this allows you to change the name during the copy process.
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  On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 3:26 PM, coco at jechar.ca<coco at jechar.ca> wrote:   
Thanks I use to know that, thats what I get for being too busy for the 
coco for eight months I really need to find that documentation file and 
reread it.

I am so glad that I have not tryed to use the os9 program as
I might have clobbered an Important disk image.

Charlie

On 2021-11-06 11:19, Alex Evans wrote:
> 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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