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The PIP Command CP/M 3 User's Guide
You can terminate PIP operations by typing CTRL-C.
When concatenating files, PIP only searches the last record of a file for
the CTRL-Z end-of-file character. However, if PIP is doing a character
transfer, it stops when it encounters a CTRL-Z character.
Use the [O] option if you are concatenating machine code files. The [O]
option causes PIP to ignore embedded CTRL-Z (end-of-file) characters,
which indicate the end-of-file character in text files, but might be valid
data in object code files.
Examples: A>PIP NEWFILE=FILEI,FILE2,FILE3
The three files named FILE1, FILE2, and FILE3 are 'oined from left to
right and copied to NEWFILE.$$$. NEWFILE.$$$ is renamed to EW-
FII,E upon successful completion of the copy operation. All source and
destination files are on the disk in the default drive A.
A>PIP B:X.BAS = Y.BAS, B:Z.BAS
The file Y.BAS on drive A is joined with Z.BAS from drive B and placed
in the temporary file X.$$$ on drive B. The file X.$$$ is renamed to
X.BAS on drive B when PIP runs to successful completion.
Copy Files to and from Auxiliary Devices
Syntax: PlPdest-filespecl[Gn]) = src-filespecf[o])
AUX: AUX: f [o]l
CON: CON: l[ojl
PRN: NUL:
LST: EOF:
Explanation: This form is a special case of the PIP command line that lets you copy
a file from a disk to a device, from a device to a disk or from one device
to another. The files must contain printable characters. Each peripheral
device is assigned to a logical device that identifies a source device that
can transmit data or a destination device that can receive data. (See the
DEVICE command.) A colon follows each logical device name so it
cannot be confused with a filename. Enter CTRL-C to abort a copy
operation that uses a logical device in the source or destination.
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