User`s guide

The second command form the CCP accepts is the standard CP/M command line.

A standard CP/M command line consists of a command keyword followed by an

optional command tail. The command keyword and the command tall can be typed

in any combination of upper-case and lower-case letters; the CCP converts all letters

n the command line to upper-case. The following syntax defines the standard CP/M

command line:

where

<command> = > <filespec> or

<built-in>

<command tail> = > (no command tail) or

<filespec> = > {d:}filename{.typ}{;password}

<built-in> = > one of the CCP built-in commands

<delimiter> = > one or more blanks or a tab or one of the

following:"=,[]<> "

d: = > CP/M 3 drive specification,"A" through"P"

filename = > 1 to 8 character filename

typ = > 1 to 3 character filetype

password = > 1 to 8 character password value

Fields enclosed in curly brackets are optional. If there is no drive {d:} present in a file

specification <filespec>, the default drive is assumed. If the type field {.typ} is omit-

ted, a type field of all blanks is implied. Omitting the password field @;passwordl

implies a password of all blanks. When a command line is entered at the console, it

is terminated by a return or line-feed keystroke.

Transient programs that run under CP/M 3 are not restricted to the above com-

mand tail definition. However, the CCP only parses command tails in this format for

transient programs. Transient programs that define their command tails differently

must perform their own command tall parsing.

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1.6 System Operation CP/M 3 Programmer's Guide