Exit-Ing Cp/M Plus - AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction

Normally, files will accessed on the default drive only, unless a particular drive is
specified. The command:
SETDEF *,A:
.... (where
*
refers to the default drive) instructs
CP/M
(when it searches for files) to
search firstly on the default drive, then on Drive A : . In other words, if the default
drive is B : then files will be found automatically even if they only exist on Drive A : .
The commands:
SET D E F [PA G EJ .... and ....
SETDEF [NOPAGE]
.... turn on and off the automatic pagination of console display.
Remember that most of the facilities of D E V ICE, SET, and SET D E F particularly
where they refer to drives (rather than files or discs) need to be set up, together with
the date, each time
CP/M
Plus is started. This is a prime application for a suitable
PRO F I LE. SUB file.
SUB M I T is required to execute files of individual commands automatically. The
contents of the command files are text, and it is possible to include input to programs
if the first character on those lines in the . SUB file is
<
The drive size, amount of space, and number of directory entries left on a disc,
together with the user areas containing files, and the disc label (if any) may be
displayed by various combinations of the S HOW command:
SHOW B:
SHOW B:[LABELJ
SHOW B:[USERS]
SHOW B:[DIR]
SHOW B:[DRIVEJ
.... all specify statistics from Drive
B :
Exit .. ing CP/M Plus
AMSDOS
This program relinquishes control from
CP/M
and returns to the built-in AMSTRAD
BASIC, from which the AMSDOS disc commands will be available.
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AMSDOS and
CP/M