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NAME
     cbmctrl  - manual page for cbmctrl version 0.4.99.103, built on Jul 14 2020
     at 18:05:13

DESCRIPTION
     cbmctrl version 0.4.99.103, built on Jul 14 2020 at 18:05:13

     control serial CBM devices

     Synopsis:
	    cbmctrl  [global_options] [action] [action_opt] [--] [action_args]

	    Global options:

     -h, --help:
	    Output this help screen if specified  without  an  action.	 Outputs
	    some help information about a specific action if an action is speci-
	    fied.

     -V, --version: Output version information

     -@,  --adapter:  Tell OpenCBM which backend plugin and bus to use. This op-
	    tion

	    requires an argument of the form <plugin>[:<bus>].	<plugin> is  the
	    backend  plugin's  name to use (e.g.: xa1541) <bus>    is a bus unit
	    identifier, if supported by the backend;

     look up the backend's documentation for the supported
	    bus unit identifier(s) and the format for <bus>

     -p, --petscii: Convert input or output parameter from CBM format (PETSCII)

	    into PC format (ASCII). Default with  all  actions	but  'open'  and
	    'command'

     -r, --raw:
	    Do	not convert data between CBM and PC format.  Default with 'open'
	    and 'command'.

     --     Delimiter between action_opt and action_args; if any  of  the  argu-
	    ments in action_args starts with a '-', make sure to set the '--' so
	    the argument is not treated as an option, accidentially.

	    action: one of:

     lock   Lock the parallel port for the use by cbm4win/cbm4linux.

     unlock
	    Unlock the parallel port for the use by cbm4win/cbm4linux.

     listen
	    perform a listen on the IEC bus

     talk   perform a talk on the IEC bus

     unlisten
	    perform an unlisten on the IEC bus

     untalk
	    perform an untalk on the IEC bus

     open   perform an open on the IEC bus

     popen  deprecated; use 'cbmctrl --petscii open' instead!

     close  perform a close on the IEC bus

     read   read raw data from the IEC bus

     write  write raw data to the IEC bus

     put    put specified data to the IEC bus

     status
	    give the status of the specified drive

     command
	    issue a command to the specified drive

     pcommand
	    deprecated; use 'cbmctrl --petscii command' instead!

     dir    output the directory of the disk in the specified drive

     download
	    download memory contents from the floppy drive

     upload
	    upload memory contents to the floppy drive

     srq    Set the srq line on the IEC bus.

     usrq   Unset the srq line on the IEC bus.

     clk    Set the clk line on the IEC bus.

     uclk   Unset the clk line on the IEC bus.

     reset  reset all drives on the IEC bus

     detect
	    detect drives on the IEC bus

     change
	    wait for a disk to be changed in the specified drive

     For more information on a specific action, try --help <action>.

SEE ALSO
     The  full	documentation for cbmctrl is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
     the info and cbmctrl programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
     mand

	    info cbmctrl

     should give you access to the complete manual.

cbmctrl version 0.4.99.103, buil... July 2020			      CBMCTRL(1)

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