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CP/M 3 User's Guide 4.3 Transient Utility Commands
4.3 Transient Utility Commands
When you enter a command keyword that identifies a transient utility, CP/M 3
loads the program file from the disk and passes it any filenames, data, or parameters
you entered in the command tail. Section 5 provides the operating details for the
CP/M 3 transient utilities listed in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2. Transient Utility Commands
Name Function
COPYSYS Creates a new boot disk.
DATE Sets or displays the date and time.
DEVICE Assigns logical CP/M devices to one or more physical devices,
changes device driver protocol and baud rates, or sets console
screen size.
DUMP Displays a file in ASCII and hexadecimal format.
ED Creates and alters character files.
GET Temporarily gets console input from a disk file rather than the
keyboard.
HELP Displays information on how to use CP/M 3 commands.
HEXCOM Uses the output from MAC to produce a program file.
INITDIR Initializes a disk directory to allow time and date stamping.
LINK Links REL (relocatable) program modules produced by RMAC"
(relocatable macro assembler) and produces program files.
MAC Translates assembly language programs into machine code form.
PIP Copies files and combines files,
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