Section: User commands (1)
Updated: June 16, 2008
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NAME mkfs.cpm - make a CP/M file system.
SYNOPSIS
mkfs.cpm
[-f
format]
[-b
boot]
[-L
label]
image
DESCRIPTION
Mkfs.cpm makes a CP/M file system on an image file or device.
OPTIONS
-
- -f
-
Use the given CP/M disk format instead of the default format.
For Apple II CP/M 80
users the disk image formats apple-do and apple-po are available. These
are DOS3.3 order and ProDOS order disk image formats respectively, and must always be specified
using the form -f apple-do or -f apple-po.
- -b bootblock
-
Write the contents of the file bootblock to the system tracks
instead of filling them with 0xe5. This option can be used up to four
times. The file contents (typically boot block, CCP, BDOS and BIOS)
are written to sequential sectors, padding with 0xe5 if needed.
- -L label
-
Label the file system. This is only supported by CP/M Plus.
RETURN VALUE - Upon successful completion, exit code 0 is returned.
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system
the exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a
return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a
language like C.
ERRORS - Any errors are indicated by exit code 1.
This will likely only be of interest to programmers. In a Win32 system
the exit code can be trapped in a batch file as an "ERRORLEVEL" or as a
return value when run from another Win32 console program written in a
language like C.
FILES - diskdefs - CP/M disk format definitions
The diskdefs file is a plain ascii text file that serves as a database of
disk and disk image format definitions. It can be reviewed for available
CP/M formats and their names. For Apple II CP/M 80 users the disk
image formats apple-do and apple-po are available.
The possible locations where cpmtools first looks for the diskdefs file:
- Can vary depending on the preferences of the person who builds the
cpmtools binaries (executables) from the source code.
- The location is also installation dependent and the diskdefs file
may also have been renamed.
If it's not found the current (work) directory is then searched for a
file called diskdefs.
On a unix-like system, a ${prefix}/share/ style path
like /usr/local/share/ is a possible place that cpmtools will first
look for diskdefs.
In a Win32 system sometimes unix-like shells like cygwin
are used to run cpmtools instead of Windows cmd. For those installations
unix-like conventions probably apply.
For cpmtools installations targetted at the average
Windows user who does not have a unix-like shell and uses the Windows cmd
prompt to run cpmtools there is no standard shared place that cpmtools will first
look for diskdefs. Pathed File names like \cpm\diskdefs or
even c:\cpmtools\diskdefs are possible.
AUTHORS
This program is copyright 1997-2008 Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>.
The Windows port is
copyright 2000, 2001 John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
SEE ALSO
cpmls(1),
cpm(5)
Index
- NAME mkfs.cpm - make a CP/M file system.
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- FILES
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- AUTHORS
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- SEE ALSO
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Gradus ad Parnassum
An ugly version of this document was initially created by man2html on November 14, 2008
using the cpmtools version 2.8 manual pages
then edited and reformatted by hand by Bill Buckels.
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