1. Foreword One misconception which many people who first
see the ZCPR2 system have is that the programs which are provided
with ZCPR2 will run only under ZCPR2. In many instances, this is
not the case. All of the ZCPR2 utilities can be installed, via
the ZCPR2 utility called GENINS (GENINS can even install itself),
and one way to install these utilities is to ignore all of the
ZCPR2 special features. By so installing them, these utilities,
in many cases, will run under CP/M 2.2 (unmodified) and CP/M Plus
without any further alteration. All such utilities are in the
public domain, so they may be used freely by everyone, even the
non-ZCPR2 community.
2. Summary of the Utilities
Run Under CP/M
Program Name Function 2.2? Plus?
CD Log Into New Named Directory Yes(1) No
COMMENT Comment Facility Yes Yes
COMPARE Compare Two Files Yes Yes
CONFIG Prepare Terminal Config File Yes Yes
CRC Compute CRC Values Yes Yes
DEVICE Redirected Device Driver Select Yes(1) No
DIFF List File Differences Yes Yes
DU2 Disk Utility 2 Yes Yes
ECHO Echo Text/Commands to Screen Yes Yes
or Printer
ERASE Erase Files Yes Yes
FIND Search for Files Yes Yes
GENINS Installation Program Yes Yes
HELP2 Online Documentation System Yes Yes
IOLOADER Redirected I/O System Loader Yes(1) No
LD Named Dir Loader Yes(1) No
LDIRZ LU Directory Display Yes Yes
LRUNZ LU File Execution Yes Yes
Run Under CP/M
Program Name Function 2.2? Plus?
MCHECK Menu Checker No No
MCOPY Multiple Copy Utility Yes Yes
MENU Menu Processor No No
MKDIR Created Named Dirs Yes(1) No
PAGE Extended File Lister Yes Yes
PATH Manipulate Paths No No
PHELP Print Help Files Yes Yes
PRINT3 Extended File Printer Yes Yes
PROTECT Set File Protection Yes Yes
PWD Print Working Directory Yes(1) No
RECORD Enable I/O Recorder Yes(1) No
RENAME Rename Files Yes Yes
SAK Abort Multiple Command Line No No
STARTUP Dir-Based Command Line Init No No
SUB2 Disk-Based Command Files Yes Yes
SYSIO Redirected I/O System Yes No
TINIT Terminal Programmer Yes Yes
UNERA Unerase Files Yes Yes
VFILER2 File Manipulation System Yes Yes
WHEEL Wheel Byte Control No No
XDIR3 Extended Directory Display Yes Yes
ZEX Memory-Based Command Files Yes No
(1) Yes IF a mod to the BIOS is made to init a buffer
3. Notes on the ZCPR2 Utilities
A. Most ZCPR2 utilities have built-in documentation so
that the user can ask them what the syntax of their command lines
is
B. ALL ZCPR2 utilities have things such as internal
paths which enable some ZCPR2 features to be realized on simple
CP/M systems without any modification to the system itself
C. Most ZCPR2 utilities offer advantages over the
conventional counterparts available; for example, ERASE erases
R/O files (with prompting), has an inspect mode (so that the user
can say Y or N to each file selected independently), built-in
help, and file lists as arguments (ie, ERASE F1,F2,F3,...)
