VICE is provided with a complete stand-alone disk image maintenance
utility, called c1541.
You can either invoke it from the command
line or from within one of the VICE emulators, using the "Run c1541"
command which will open a new xterm window with a running
c1541 in it.
The syntax is:
c1541 [IMAGE1 [IMAGE2]] [COMMAND1 COMMAND2 ... COMMANDN]
IMAGE1 and IMAGE2 are disk image names that can be
attached before c1541 starts. c1541 can handle up to two
disk images at the same time by using two virtual built-in drives,
numbered 8 and 9; IMAGE1 (if present) is always
attached to drive 8, while IMAGE2 is attached to drive
9.
COMMANDs specified on the command-line all begin with the minus
sign (-); if present, c1541 executes them in the same
order as they are on the command line and returns a zero error code if
they were successful. If any of the COMMANDs fails, c1541
stops and returns a nonzero error code.
If no COMMANDs are specified at all, c1541 enters
interactive mode, where you can type commands manually. Commands in
interactive mode are the same as commands in batch mode, but do not
require a leading -. As with the monitor, file name completion
and command line editing with history are provided via GNU
readline. Use the command `quit' or press C-d to
exit.
When accessing CBM DOS files (i.e. files that reside on disk images),
c1541 uses a special syntax that lets you access files on both drive 8
and 9. If you prepend the file name with @8: or @9:, you
will specified that file is to be found or created on drive 8 and 9,
respectively.
For instance,
@8:somefile
will name file named somefile on unit 8, while
@9:somefile
will name file named somefile on unit 9.
You can use quotes (") in a command to embed spaces into file
names. For instance,
read some file
will read file some from the disk image and write it into the
file system as file, while
read "some file"
will copy some file into the file system, with the name
some file.
The backslash character (\) has a special meaning too: it lets
you literally insert the following character no matter what it is. For
example,
read some\ file
will copy file some file into the file system, while
read some\ file this\"file
will copy some file into the file system with name
this"file (with an embedded quote).
This is a list of the c1541 commands. They are shown in their
interactive form, without the leading -.
Square brackets [] indicate an optional part, and "<COMMAND>" translates
to a disk command according to CBM DOS, like "i0" for example.
[<command>]
command is specified, just print the status.
? [<command>]
attach <diskimage> [<unit>]
diskimage to unit (default unit is 8).
block <track> <sector> <disp> [<drive>]
copy <source1> [<source2> ... <sourceN>] <destination>
source1 ... sourceN into destination. If N > 1,
destination must be a simple drive specifier (@n:).
delete <file1> [<file2> ... <fileN>]
exit
quit).
extract
format <diskname,id> [<type> <imagename>] [<unit>]
unit is specified, format the disk in unit unit. If
type and imagename are specified, create a new image named
imagename, attach it to unit 8 and format it. type is a
disk image type, and must be either x64, d64 (both VC1541/2031),
g64 (VC1541/2031 but in GCR coding), d71 (VC1571), d81
(VC1581), d80 (CBM8050) or d82 (CBM8250/1001).
Otherwise, format the disk in the current unit, if any.
gcrformat <diskname,id> <imagename>
imagename.
help [<command>]
info [<unit>]
unit (if unspecified, use the current
one).
list [<pattern>]
pattern (default is all files).
quit
exit).
read <source> [<destination>]
source from the disk image and copy it into destination in
the file system. If destination is not specified, copy it into a
file with the same name as source.",
rename <oldname> <newname>
oldname into newname. The files must be on the
same drive.
tape <t64name> [<file1> ... <fileN>]
unit <number>
number the current unit.
unlynx <lynxname> [<unit>]
validate [<unit>]
unit. If unit is not specified,
validate the disk in the current unit.
write <source> [<destination>]
source from the file system into destination on a
disk image.
zcreate <x64name> <zipname> [<label,id>]
1!zipname, 2!zipname, 3!zipname and
4!zipname.
If you want to execute a shell command from withing c1541, just
prepend it with an exclamation mark (!). For example,
!ls -la
will execute the command ls -la, which will show you all the
files in the current directory.
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