OpenCBM Archiver

plbyrd · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:04 am Post subject: OpenCBM Archiver

Following up on a thread over at CSDb, I've created OpenCBM Archiver. This is a program that automates the calling of D64Copy using a user supplied base name and seed number for image names. Check it out at http://opencbmarchiver.codeplex.com/

K.C. · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:26 pm Post subject:

Nice idea, but how is it different/better than a simple batch file like this?

Code:

@echo off
Set Counter=1
Set Prefix=C:\Images\Disk_
Set Extension=D64
Set Drive=8
Set D64Command="C:\Program Files\OpenCBM\Exe\D64COPY.EXE"

:loop
Echo.
Echo insert a new disk...
Echo Disk image to be created: %Prefix%%Counter%.%Extension%
Echo (Press Ctrl+C to quit)
Pause
%D64Command% -w %Drive% "%Prefix%%Counter%.%Extension%"
set /a Counter=%Counter%+1
goto loop

Make changes to the first lines for your particular situation.
* Change the value for Counter to set the number to start from.
* Set the Prefix variable to the Path/Filename to generate
* Set the Extension variable to the extension you want to use
* Set the drive numer with the Drive variable
* Specify the full path/filename to the D64COPY command with the D64Command variable
_________________

plbyrd · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:42 pm Post subject:

K.C. wrote:

Nice idea, but how is it different/better than a simple batch file like this?

Yes, you can do it with any scripting language. OpenCBMArchiver works with multiple platforms without modification, not just a Windows CMD shell.

K.C. · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:52 pm Post subject:

What do you mean with multiple platforms?
I only see Windows binaries on the downloads page, the batch script should work with all versions of Windows that can run OpenCBM...
_________________

plbyrd · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject:

Actually, that's not a Windows binary, that is a .Net 2.0 binary. That means it runs on Windows and any system that supports Mono (including GNU/Linux and Mac OS X).

K.C. · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:04 pm Post subject:

I've always thought: .NET is a framework developed by Microsoft, so it's Windows only. Never knew that applications that require .NET framework to be installed would run on other platforms than Windows.
Thanks for clearing that up.
_________________

plbyrd · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject:

No worries! Wink

I've uploaded a new version:

Changes
* Add ability to load flags from configuration file
* Writes seed data to configuration file
* Specifying flags on command line overrides configuration file
* Displays directory before archiving disk
* Changed behavior such that calling with --help displays the help message, you can now run program without parameters.

nlem · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:59 pm Post subject:

You should add support for nibread, including the -s flag. It's much faster and archives copy protections.

plbyrd · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject:

nlem wrote:

You should add support for nibread, including the -s flag. It's much faster and archives copy protections.

I am thinking about making the command line configurable.