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`ac`, extended

This is a revamp of the venerable ac command-line utility with a more modern command-line interface.

Sample Run

All of the commands use -d to designate the disk. If there are many commands, setting the environment variable ACX_DISK_NAME can be used to simplify commands.

For example, this sequence:

Creates a ProDOS disk image (pulling ProDOS from the 2.4.2 system master).
Imports and tokenizes the sample startup.bas program and places it on the disk as STARTUP.
Lists the resulting disk.

$ cat > startup.bas
10 TEXT:HOME:GR
20 FOR Y=0 TO 3
30 FOR X=0 TO 3
40 COLOR=Y*4+X
50 FOR A=0 TO 9  
60 HLIN X*10,X*10+9 AT Y*10+A
70 NEXT A,X,Y
80 END
<ctrl+D>

$ export ACX_DISK_NAME=sample.po
$ acx create --format=ProDOS_2_4_2.dsk --name=SAMPLES --size=140k --type=prodos
$ acx import --basic startup.bas --name=STARTUP

$ acx list --native
File: sample.po
Name: /SAMPLES/
* PRODOS          SYS      035 01/02/2022 01/13/2018     17,128          
* BASIC.SYSTEM    SYS      021 01/02/2022 01/13/2018     10,240 A=$2000  
  STARTUP         BAS      001 01/02/2022 01/02/2022         97 A=$0801  
ProDOS format; 110592 bytes free; 32768 bytes used.

Usage

$ acx --help                                                                    
Usage: acx [-hVv] [--debug] [--quiet] [COMMAND]

'acx' experimental utility

Options:
      --debug     Show detailed stack traces.
  -h, --help      Show this help message and exit.
      --quiet     Turn off all logging.
  -v, --verbose   Be verbose. Multiple occurrences increase logging.
  -V, --version   Print version information and exit.

Commands:
  compare          Compare two disk images.
  convert          Uncompress a ShrinkIt or Binary II file; or convert a
                     DiskCopy 4.2 image into a ProDOS disk image.
  copy, cp         Copy files between disks.
  create, mkdisk   Create a disk image.
  delete, del, rm  Delete file(s) from a disk image.
  diskmap, map     Show disk usage map.
  dump             Dump a block or sector.
  export, x, get   Export file(s) from a disk image.
  dups             Find duplicate files.
  help             Displays help information about the specified command
  import, put      Import file onto disk.
  info, i          Show information on a disk image(s).
  list, ls         List directory of disk image(s).
  lock             Lock file(s) on a disk image.
  mkdir, md        Create a directory on disk.
  read             Read a block or sector.
  rename, ren      Rename file on a disk image.
  rename-disk      Rename volume of a disk image.
  rmdir, rd        Remove a directory on disk.
  unlock           Unlock file(s) on a disk image.
  write            Write a block or sector.

Info

$ acx info --help
Usage: acx info [-h] -d=<disk>

Show information on a disk image(s).

Options:
  -d, --disk=<disk>   Image to process [$ACX_DISK_NAME].
  -h, --help          Show help for subcommand.

$ acx info "Beagle Graphics.dsk" 
File Name: Beagle Graphics.dsk
Disk Name: DISK VOLUME #254
Physical Size (bytes): 143360
Free Space (bytes): 20480
Used Space (bytes): 122880
Physical Size (KB): 140
Free Space (KB): 20
Used Space (KB): 120
Archive Order: DOS
Disk Format: DOS 3.3
Total Sectors: 560
Free Sectors: 80
Used Sectors: 480
Tracks On Disk: 35
Sectors On Disk: 16

List

$ acx list --help
Usage: acx list [-hr] [--[no-]column] [--deleted] [--[no-]footer] [--[no-]
                header] -d=<disk> [--globs=<globs>[,<globs>...]]... [-n | -s |
                -l] [--file | --directory] [--text | --json | --csv]

List directory of disk image(s).

Options:
      --[no-]column         Show column headers.
  -d, --disk=<disk>         Image to process [$ACX_DISK_NAME].
      --deleted             Show deleted files.
      --directory           Only include directories.
      --file                Only include files.
      --[no-]footer         Show footer.
      --globs=<globs>[,<globs>...]
                            File glob(s) to match.
  -h, --help                Show help for subcommand.
      --[no-]header         Show header.
  -r, --[no-]recursive      Display directory recursively.

File display formatting:
  -l, --long, --detail      Use long/detailed directory format.
  -n, --native              Use native directory format (default).
  -s, --short, --standard   Use brief directory format.

Output format:
      --csv                 CSV output.
      --json                JSON output.
      --text                Formatted text (default).

$ acx list --no-recursive DEVCD.HDV 
File: DEVCD.HDV
Name: /DEV.CD/
  TOOLS           DIR      002 06/25/1990 04/13/1989      1,024          
  II.DISK.CENTRAL DIR      001 06/25/1990 04/13/1989        512          
  UTILITIES       DIR      002 06/25/1990 04/13/1989      1,024          
  READ.ME.FIRST   DIR      001 06/25/1990 04/21/1989        512          
  GUIDED.TOURS    DIR      001 06/25/1990 04/13/1989        512          
  FINDER.DATA     FND      001 06/25/1990 10/12/1989        172          
  DEVELOP         DIR      001 07/05/1990 06/25/1990        512          
ProDOS format; 1701376 bytes free; 19270144 bytes used.

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