Disk To Diskette Copy (Fr); What This Utility Does; How To Use It - IBM Series/1 User Manual

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Disk To Diskette Copy (FR)
WHAT THIS UTILITY DOES
HOW TO USE IT
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Mter you load this utility, it copies a specified data fIle from a disk to a diskette. There
are two diskette sectors per disk sector.
Press the LOAD key. Mter the EXEC= message is printed at the operator station, enter
either FR or the starting sector address (ccchss) of the utility. When it is loaded, the
utility responds with:
The utility issues this prompt for the source data me information:
F1UOOAFROM
DATA.
At(!A.'
Enter the information in this form:
ddd,ccchss,ccchss
where:
ddd
ccchss,ccchss
the disk device address
in
decimal
the starting and ending sector addresses
delimiting the location of the data fIle information to be copied
from the disk
The utility issues this prompt for the destination data fIle information:
FIt200AtO DATA AREA-
Enter the information in this form:
ddd,ccchss,ccchss
where:
ddd
ccchss,ccchss
= the diskette device address in decimal
the starting and ending sector addresses delimiting the location on
the diskette into which the data fIle information is to be copied
If there are no errors, the utility checks the size of the destination data me. If the
destination data me is too small, the utility issues an error message and recycles.
Otherwise, it performs the copy as you requested. Once the copy is completed, a
completion message will be written at the operator station and followed by another
prompt requesting source data file information. The utility will continue in this mode
until you terminate
it
in some manner (for example, by pressing the LOAD key).
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