xferx 3.6.0

XFERX is an utility for transferring files between various file systems.

XFERX

XFERX is an utility for transferring files between various file systems.

Fs / Features	Read file	Write file	Delete file	Initialize	Create dir/special
RT-11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
DOS-11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DOS-11 DecTape	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
DOS-11 MagTape	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
XXDP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
CAPS-11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Files-11	Yes	No	No	No	No
SOLO	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
PDP-7 UNIX v0	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
PDP-7 DECsys	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
PDP-9/15 ADSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
PDP-15 DOS-15	Yes	No	No	No	No
UNIX v1	Yes	No	No	No	No
UNIX v5	Yes	No	No	No	No
UNIX v6	Yes	No	No	No	No
UNIX v7	Yes	No	No	No	No
RSTS/E	Yes	No	No	No	No
OS/8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
4k Disk Monitor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
CAPS-8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
TSS/8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
COS-300/COS-310	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Apple II ProDOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apple II Pascal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Apple DOS 3.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
MFS (Macintosh Filesystem)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A
Data General DOS/RDOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Data General DOS/RDOS MagTape	Yes	No	No	Yes	N/A
Data General DOS/RDOS Dump	Yes	No	No	No	No

Installation

Using pip

pip install xferx

Binary releases

You can download the Windows binaries from the releases page.

• https://github.com/andreax79/xferx/releases

Commands

The file system must be logically mounted and assigned a logical device name before use. This is done with the MOUNT command.

The following commands are availables:

• @ Executes a command file
• ASSIGN Associates a logical device name with a device
• CD Changes or displays the current working drive and directory
• COPY Copies files
• CREATE Creates files or directories
• DEASSIGN Removes logical device name assignments
• DELETE Removes files from a volume
• DIR Lists file directories
• DISMOUNT Disassociates a logical disk assignment from a file
• DUMP Prints formatted data dumps of files or devices
• ECHO Write arguments to the terminal
• EXAMINE Examines disk structure
• EXIT Exit the shell
• HELP Displays commands help
• INITIALIZE Writes an empty device directory on the specified volume
• MOUNT Assigns a logical disk unit to a file
• PWD Displays the current working drive and directory
• SHELL Executes a system shell command
• SHOW Displays software status
• TYPE Outputs files to the terminal

Usage example

[SY:/home/andreax/devel/xferx] mount DL0: test.dsk
?MOUNT-I-Disk test.dsk mounted to DL0:
[SY:/home/andreax/devel/xferx] DL0:
[DL0:] dir
BOS   .SAV    61  21-Nov-95    VCG   .SAV    40  24-Aug-92
CLI   .SAV    26  24-Aug-92    FRUN  .SAV     4  24-Aug-92
PRINT .SAV    31  24-Aug-92    WHOIS .SAV    24  24-Aug-92
NETSPY.SAV    18  24-Aug-92    LOGIN .SAV    14  24-Aug-92
NETCLK.SAV    17  24-Aug-92    SPQSRV.SAV    22  24-Aug-92
PRTQ  .SAV    92  24-Aug-92    FINGER.SAV     6  24-Aug-92
RSOLV .SAV    20  24-Aug-92    TELSRV.SAV    23  24-Aug-92
TN    .SAV    35  24-Aug-92    LOGOUT.SAV    12  24-Aug-92
HOSTS .SAV    14  24-Aug-92    FTP   .SAV    29  24-Aug-92
FTPSRV.SAV    27  24-Aug-92    SMTP  .SAV    39  24-Aug-92
LOG   .SAV     9  24-Aug-92    SMPSRV.SAV    35  24-Aug-92
CRMAIL.SAV    14  27-Apr-86    XNET  .SAV    25  24-Aug-92
PING  .SAV    28  24-Aug-92    MSG   .SAV    59  27-Apr-86
HELPF .SAV     7  01-Mar-80    UDP   .SAV    69  24-Aug-92
SNDMSG.SAV    45  27-Apr-86    SYSMGR.SAV    37  05-Jul-83
HELP  .TXT   382  24-Aug-92    LOG   .TXT   100  21-Nov-95
UNSENT.MSG   100  21-Nov-95    < UNUSED >    29
CAT   .MAC    13  31-Dec-88    CAT   .SAV     5  31-Dec-88
< UNUSED >  8661
 35 Files, 1482 Blocks
  8690 Free blocks
[DL0:] copy *.txt sy:
DK:HELP.TXT -> SY:/home/andreax/devel/xferx/HELP.TXT
DK:LOG.TXT -> SY:/home/andreax/devel/xferx/LOG.TXT
[DL0:] mount /dos DL1: SY:BA-F019F-MC_CZZMAF0_DYDP+1_XXDP_UTILITY_1980.DSK
?MOUNT-I-Disk BA-F019F-MC_CZZMAF0_DYDP+1_XXDP_UTILITY_1980.DSK mounted to DL0:
[DL0:] dir DL1:
HSAAA0.SYS    24  22-Mar-80    HUDIA0.SYS     6  22-Mar-80
HELP  .TXT    26  22-Mar-80    HDDYA0.SYS     3  22-Mar-80
HDCTA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80    HDDBA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80
HDDDA1.SYS     3  22-Mar-80    HDDKA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80
HDDLB0.SYS     4  22-Mar-80    HDDMA0.SYS     3  22-Mar-80
HDDPA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80    HDDRA1.SYS     3  22-Mar-80
HDDSA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80    HDDTA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80
HDDXA0.SYS     3  22-Mar-80    HDKBA0.SYS     1  22-Mar-80
HDMMA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80    HDMSA0.SYS     3  22-Mar-80
HDMTA0.SYS     2  22-Mar-80    HDPDA0.SYS     3  22-Mar-80
HDPPA0.SYS     1  22-Mar-80    HDPRA0.SYS     1  22-Mar-80
HDPTA0.SYS     1  22-Mar-80    HMCTA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80
HMDBA0.SYS    16  22-Mar-80    HMDDA1.SYS    17  22-Mar-80
HMDKA0.SYS    16  22-Mar-80    HMDLB0.SYS    11  22-Mar-80
HMDMA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80    HMDPA0.SYS    16  22-Mar-80
HMDRA2.SYS    17  22-Mar-80    HMDSA0.SYS    16  22-Mar-80
HMDTA0.SYS    16  22-Mar-80    HMDXA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80
HMMSA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80    HMDYA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80
HMMMA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80    HMMTA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80
HMPDA0.SYS    17  22-Mar-80    UPD1  .BIN    12  22-Mar-80
UPD2  .BIN    16  22-Mar-80    XTECO .BIN    16  22-Mar-80
DXCL  .BIN    32  22-Mar-80    SETUP .BIN    26  22-Mar-80
ZFLAB0.BIN     8  22-Mar-80

TOTL BLKS:   472
TOTL FILES:   45

[DL0:] mount dl2: /dos dos_rk.dsk
?MOUNT-I-Disk dos_rk.dsk mounted to DL0:
[DL0:] dir DL2:
DIRECTORY DL2: [1,1]

24-MAY-11

BADB  .SYS     1  05-NOV-98 <377>
MONLIB.CIL   180C 05-NOV-98 <377>
VERIFY.LDA    65C 05-NOV-98 <233>
FOO   .BAR     3  06-NOV-98 <233>
OVRLAY.LIB     5  05-NOV-98 <233>
LINK  .LDA    67C 05-NOV-98 <233>
CILUS .LDA    33C 05-NOV-98 <233>
PIP   .LDA    36C 05-NOV-98 <233>
MACRO .LDA    39C 05-NOV-98 <233>
EDIT  .LDA    13C 05-NOV-98 <233>
FILDMP.LDA     9C 05-NOV-98 <233>
LIBR  .LDA    10C 05-NOV-98 <233>
FILCOM.LDA    12C 05-NOV-98 <233>
CREF  .LDA     9C 05-NOV-98 <233>

TOTL BLKS:   482
TOTL FILES:   14

Links

RT-11

• RT-11 Software Support Manual
• RT–11 Volume and File Formats Manual

DOS-11

• Disk Operating System Monitor - System Programmers Manual
• DOS/BATCH File Utility Package

XXDP

• XXDP File Structure Guide

CAPS-8

• CAPS-8 Users Manual

CAPS-11

• CAPS-11 User Guide

SOLO

• THE SOLO OPERATING SYSTEM: A CONCURRENT PASCAL PROGRAM PER BRINCH HANSEN

UNIX

• PDP-7 UNIX version 0 fs man page
• Unix on the PDP-7 from a scan of the original assembly code
• UNIX version 1 fs man page
• UNIX version 2 fs man page
• UNIX version 3 fs man page
• UNIX version 4 fs man page
• UNIX version 5 fs man page
• UNIX version 6 fs man page

RSTS/E

• RSTS/E Monitor Internals, Michael Mayfield
• RSTS/E V8.0 Internals Manual

PDP-7 DECSys

• DECSys-7 Operating Manual
• Technical Notes on DECsys

PDP-9/PDP-15 Advanced Software System

• PDP-9 Advanced Software System Monitors
• PDP-9 Advanced System Software Keyboard Monitor Guide
• PDP-15 Advanced Monitor Software System for PDP-1S/20/30/40 Programmer's Reference Manual

PDP-15 DOS-15

• DOS-15 Users Manual
• DOS-15 System Manual
• PDP-15 Utility Programs
• PIP DOS Monitor Utility Program
• PDP-15 System Software Handouts

PDP-8 OS/8

• OS/8 Software Support Manual

PDP-8 PS/8

• PS/8 8K Programming System User's Guide
• PS/8 Software Support Manual

PDP-8 4k Disk Monitor

• PDP-8 4K Disk Monitor System
• PDP-8 Disc System Builder

PDP-8 TSS/8

• TSS/8 TIME-SHARING SYSTEM USER'S GUIDE
• System Manager's Guide for PDP-8E TSS 8.24 Monitor

PDP-8 Commercial Operating System COS 300/310

• COS 300 System Reference Manual, 1973
• COS 300/310 System Reference Manual, 1975
• COS 310 New user's Guide, 1978

Apple II ProDOS / Apple III SOS (Sophisticated Operating System)

• ProDOS 8 Technical Reference Manual
• Apple III SOS Reference Manual Volume 1 - How SOS Works.PDF

Apple II Pascal

• Apple II Pascal 1.3

Apple II AppleDOS

• Beneath Apple DOS
• Beneath Apple DOS ProDOS 2020

Data General DOS / RDOS

• Real Time Disk Operating System (RDOS) Reference Manual
• Diskette Operating System Reference Manual