Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II Reference Manual page 41

Model II
TRSDOS
BUILD
Create an Automatic Command Input File
This command lets you create an automatic command input file which can be
executed via the 00 command. The file must contain data that would
nonnally be typed in from the keyboard.
BUILD files are primarily intended for passing command lines toTRSOOS just
as if they'd been typed in at theTRSDOS
READY
level.
BUILDing New Files
When the file you specify does not exist, BUILD creates the file and
immediately prompts you to begin inserting lines. Each time you complete a
line, press . BUILD will give you another chance to re-do the line or
keep it. Press
lm
to erase and re-do the line;
i3~mld
to store it and
start the next line.
While typing in a line, you can use
C!J
and
m
to position the cursor for
corrections. also works as usual. Be sure the cursor is at the
end ofthe desired line before you press
pmii3i1 .
To end the BUILD file, simply press
13m*1
at the beginning of the line,
i.e., when the message:
ENTER COMMAND LINE (1-80)
. u a a • • • a u • • u • • • •
1 t . I t • •
u • • • • • • • a • • • u • • • a . . . . . .
tt • • •
a • • • • • n f t .
Is displayed.
Note:
Pressing
1;1.1#(;013
will also end the file. Only those lines that have
been flagged like this:
***
LINE STORED IN FILE
***
will be saved.
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