[Coco] Command Summary

[Robert Emery]

I'm just posting this summary for folks who don't have the command ref handy...
something to look at while the work is in progress. This is OS-9, not NitrOS-9,
but good for a start. The rest of the Command Reference can be found at
RTSI->RSDOS\INCOMING\OS-9 Level 2 Manual HTML

ATTR . . . . Changes a file's attributes
BACKUP . . . Makes a copy of a diskette
BUILD  . . . Builds a text file
CHD  . . . . Changes the working data directory
CHX  . . . . Changes the working execution directory
CMP  . . . . Compares fiIes
COBBLER  . . Makes a bootstrap file
CONFIG . . . Creates a system diskette to your specifications
COPY . . . . Copies data
DATE . . . . Displays the system date and (optionally) the time
DCHECK . . . Checks a disk file structure
DEINIZ . . . Deinitializes a device previously initialized with INIZ
DEL  . . . . Deletes a file or files
DELDIR . . . Deletes a directory's files, then deletes the directory
DIR  . . . . Displays the names of all files in a directory
DISPLAY  . . Displays the characters represented by hexadecimal values
DSAVE  . . . Generates a procedure file to copy files
EDIT . . . . Calls the OS-9 Macro Text Editor
ERROR  . . . Displays a description of the last error code
ECHO . . . . Echoes text to the screen
EX . . . . . Causes the shell process to execute another process
FORMAT . . . Prepares a disk for data storage
FREE . . . . Displays the amount of free space on a disk
HELP . . . . Displays the syntax and use of commands
IDENT  . . . Displays OS-9 module identifilcation
INIZ . . . . Initializes and attaches devices
KILL . . . . Terminates a process
LINK . . . . Links a module into memory
LIST . . . . Lists the contents of disk data files
LOAD . . . . Loads a module into memory
MAKDIR . . . Creates a directory
MDIR . . . . Displays the names of the modules in memory
MERGE  . . . Copies and combines files
MFREE  . . . Displays a list of free RAM
MODPATCH . . Makes changes to a module in memory
MONTYPE  . . Establishes the type of monitor in use
OS9GEN . . . Builds and links a bootstrap file
PROCS . .  . Displays the names of the current processes
PWD  . . . . Displays the name of the current data directory
PXD  . . . . Displays the name of the current execution directory
RENAME . . . Changes the name of a file or directory
SETIME . . . Activates and sets the system clock
SETPR  . . . Sets a process's priority
SHELL  . . . Creates a child shell to process one or more commands
TMODE  . . . Changes the terminal's operating mode
TUNEPORT . . Adjusts the loop delay for the baud rate of /P or /T devices
UNLINK . . . Unlinks memory modules
WCREATE  . . Creates a window
XMODE  . . . Displays or changes a device's initialization parameters

-Bob


		
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