A2osX (0.92) Multi-Tasking OS for Apple II

This is the functional specification for A2osX and its system modules, internal and external commands and shell language. Please refer to the other A2osX documentation such as the User Guide, Notes for Developers and Shell Programming Guide for more information.

SYS/KM* Supported Hardware At Kernel Level (ProDOS):

KM.Name	Status	Comment	K.Ver
KM.APPLETALK	Working	AppleTalk Support for ProDOS	0.92
KM.NSC	Working	No-Slot-Clock/DS1216E	0.92
KM.RAMWORKS	Working	AE-Ramworks I,II,III	0.92
KM.VSDRIVE	Working	ADTPro Virtual Drive for SSC	0.92

SBIN,Daemons/Commands:

Name	Status	Comment	K.Ver
DHCPCLNT	Working	rewritten to use new Socket API	0.92
GETTY	Working	-E : Exit on remote close	0.93
HTTPD	In Progress		0.9
INSDRV	Working		0.93
KCONFIG	Working	Kernel Configuration Utility	0.93
LOGIN	In Progress	no auth using /etc/passwd yet	0.93
SHELL	Working	(See Internal Shell commands)	0.93
TCPIPD	Working	ARP,IP,ICMP,UDP & TCP ok	0.92
TELNETD	Working		0.92

Internal Shell commands:

Name	Status	Comment
<value>	Working	$VAR \| string \| "string with SPACE" \| 123 \| -456
<expression>	Working	<value> [<op> <value>] ...
<op>	Working --- Planned	+ signed int32 add - signed int32 sub --- * div mod
<condition>	Working	[ -D direxists ] [ -E fileordirexists ] [ -F fileexists ] [ -N $VAR variable is not empty ] [ -Z $VAR variable is empty ] [ string1 = string2 ] [ string1 != string2 ] [ string1 .< string2 ] [ string1 <= string2 ] [ string1 .> string2 ] [ string1 >= string2 ] [ int32 -eq int32 ] [ int32 -ne int32 ] [ int32 -lt int32 ] [ int32 -le int32 ] [ int32 -gt int32 ] [ int32 -ge int32 ]
BREAK	Working	Exit CASE of SWITCH
CASE	Working	CASE
CD	Working	CD path or relative path
DATE	Working
DEFAULT	Working	Default CASE for SWITCH
ECHO	Working	\b,\e,\f,\n,\\ and \% supported -N : Suppress \r\n
ELSE	Working	Optional branch for IF block
END	Working	End of SWITCH Statement
EXIT	Working	exit script or shell
FI	Working	Terminator for IF block
FUNC	In Progress	FUNC fonction_name <body> END
IF	Working	[ <condition> ]
LOOP	Working	Terminator for WHILE block
MD	Working	MD path or relative path Create a directory
NOHUP	Working	Start a process with PPID=PS0 (Daemon)
PAUSE	Working	Wait until CR
POPD	Working	Restore previously saved working directory
PUSHD	Working	Save actual working directory PUSHD <dir> do also a CD to <dir>
PWD	Working	Print Working Directory
RD	Working	Delete an empty directory
READ	Working	-S : no echo (password) -P : "prompt message"
REN	Working	Rename a file, directory or volume
RETURN	In Progress	Exit function with return code
SET	Working	-X : toggle debug mode -C : toggle Control-C break mode
SHIFT	Working	Remove $1 from cmd line
SLEEP	Working	Wait <count> 10th sec
SWITCH	Working	SWITCH
TIME	Working
WHILE	Working	[ <condition> ]

Shell variables:

Name	Status	Comment
$0	Working	Command Full Path
$1-$9	Working	Arg[n]
$*	Working	All Args
$#	Working	Arg Count
$?	Working	Return Code
$@	Working	Parent PID
	Working	PID
$!	Working	Child PID
$UID	Working	PS Owner UID
$PWD	Working	Working Directory

note : '$VAR' does NOT expand Variable

Shell I/O control/redirection:

Token	Status	Comment
.	Working	use same env
&	Working	start proc
\|	Working	pipe
<	Working	StdIn redirection
>	Working	StdOut redirection
>>	Working	Append StdOut
1>>	Working
1>	Working
2>>	Working	StdErr redirection
2>	Working

DRV,Drivers:

Name	Status	Comment	K.Ver
DHGR.DRV	Working	560x192 Mono/16 colors Mixed-Mode support	0.9.1
LanCeGS.DRV	Working		0.92
Mouse.DRV	Working	Apple Mouse Card,//c Mouse Port	0.9.1
PIC.DRV	In Progress	Apple "Parallel Interface Card" Driver, renamed from PPIC.DRV	0.9
SSC.DRV	Working	Apple "Super Serial Card" Driver	0.92
SSC.I.DRV	Working	Apple "Super Serial Card" Driver (IRQ enabled)	0.92
Uthernet.DRV	Working		0.92
Uthernet2.DRV	Working		0.92
Uther2.AI.DRV	In Progress	With ARP/IP Offloading	0.92

BIN,External Shell commands:

Name	Status	Comment	K.Ver
CAT	Working	-A : Show All non printable caracters -N : Number all output lines -S : Suppress repeated empty output lines	0.93
CUT	Working	CUT <opt> "line" or CMD\|CUT <opt> -H : This help screen -F nn : Output field nn -M nn : Output starting at nn -N nn : Output Ending at nn -S ch : Change default SPACE separator to 'ch'	0.93
CHGRP	In Progress	-C : Continue On Error -R : Recurse subdirectories	-
CHMOD	In Progress	-C : Continue On Error -R : Recurse subdirectories	-
CHOWN	In Progress	-C : Continue On Error -R : Recurse subdirectories	-
CHTYP	Working	-C : Continue On Error -R : Recurse subdirectories	0.92
CP	Working	-C : Continue On Error -Q : Quiet -R : Recurse subdirectories -Y : Dont't Prompt For Override	0.93
EDIT	Working	still missing : find/replace	0.93
FORMAT	In Progress	FORMAT <BLOCKDEV> [VOLUME.NAME] -L : Low-Level Format *not currently supported -1..9 : Catalog Size (block count)	0.92
GREP	Working	GREP <opt> PATTERN FILE or CMD\|GREP <opt> PATTERN -H : This help screen -I : Ignore Case -N : Print line Number	0.93
KILL	Working	KILL <signal> PID -0 : No Signal -1 : SIGQUIT	0.93
LS	Working	-A : Print . & .. -C : Single column listing -F : Single column, includes full path -L : long listing with size/date... -R : Recurse subdirectories	0.93
LSDEV	Working	Dump device Drivers	0.93
LSOF	Working	List Open Files	0.93
MD5	Working	MD5 [ -D : String \| file ]	0.93
MEM	Working	Old dump behavior is now MEMDUMP. New MEM command displays MEMSTAT (Main, Aux & Kernel Memory)	0.93
MKDIR	Working	Make Directory	0.93
MORE	Working	MORE <File> or CMD\|MORE <opt> -H : This help screen -N : Number all output lines -P : Page mode, no scroll -S : Process ESC codes	0.93
NSCUTIL	Working	NSCUTIL DD/MM/YY,hh:mm:ss Tool for setting time in NSC/DL1216E	0.92
MV	Working	-C : Continue On Error -Q : Quiet -R : Recurse subdirectories -Y : Dont't Prompt For Override	0.93
PS	Working	List Processes	0.93
RM	Working	RM [File/Dir, *,? wildcards allowed] -C : Continue On Error -Q : Quiet -R : Recurse subdirectories	0.93

Network (TCPIP) tools:

Name	Status	Comment	K.Ver
ARP	Working	dump ARP cache, setup a static ARP entry	0.92
DNSINFO	Working	dump DNS cache, setup a static DNS entry	0.92
HTTPGET	In Progress	HTTPGET <ip\|host> [port] -U Url -F UrlFile	0.92
IPCONFIG	Working	-D : Try to get IP address from DHCP -E : Read ETC files -S : Set/Reset TCPIP configuration (-E, then -D if required)	0.92
NETSTAT	Working	Display socket status	0.92
PING	Working	PING <ip\|host> -1..9 : Ping Count	0.92
TELNET	Working	TELNET <ip\|host> [port]	0.92

DEV tools:

Name	Status	Comment	K.Ver
ASM	In Progress	S-C MASM based multi CPU assembler	-
MEMDUMP	Working	Tool to track memory leak	0.93
RPCDUMP	In Progress	Tool based on UDP socket API, renamed from RPCINFO RPCDUMP <ip\|host>	0.92

License

A2osX is licensed under the GNU General Pulic License.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

The full A2osX license can be found Here.

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