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C02/doc/memio.txt
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Memory File I/O Functions
This library contains functions that mimic file input/ouput operations,
but read and write directly to RAM. It is intended to allow for the
design of programs using these functions even on systems that do not
include any sort of filesystem support, but do allow blocks of memory
to be loaded from and saved to external storage. For this reason, each
function has the same signature it's equivalent in the file library.
At the beginning of the program use the directives
#include <stddef.h02>
#include <memio.h02>
The following functions are defined:
m = mopen(z, &a); Open memory file, using zero-page bytes z and z+1
as a pointer and a as the starting address of the
file. The starting address must be at least $0100.
Returns the the z as the "file pointer", or 0 if an
invalid address is specified.
r = mclose(m); Close memory file pointed to by m, by writing an
EOF and clearing the memory pointer.
Returns 0 if successful or 255 if m contains an
invalid address.
Note: Calls mflush() then sets the bytes at`m and
m+1 to 0.
r = mflush(m); Flush memory file pointed to by m, by writing a
NUL character at the memory pointer to 0.
Returns 0 if successful or 255 if m contains an
invalid address.
Note: The NUL character (ASCII code 0) is use as the
EOF marker because many systems initialize RAM to 0,
it's the easiest character to test for, and it can
never be part of a C style string.
c = mgetc(m); Read character from memory file pointed to by m.
Returns character read from file.
Note: Returns 255 if m contains an invalid address.
Returns a system dependent garbage character if end
of file has been reached or any other I/O error. Use
meof(f) and merror(f) to check for these conditions.
r = mputc(m, c); Write character c to memory file opened to m.
Returns 0 if successful or 255 if m contains an
invalid address.
n, c = mgets(m, &s); Reads a maximum of 128 characters from keyboard until
a newline or EOF character is encountered, storing the
entered characters as null-terminated string s.
Returns number of characters entered ( 255 if m
contains an invalid address) and the final character
of the returned atring.
Note: Any ASCII control character between EOF (code 0)
and Space (code 32) is interpreted as a newline. This
character will be included as the last character of
the string.
n, c = mputs(m, &s): Writes up to 128 characters of null-terminated string
s to the memory file. Does not write a trailing C/R.
Returns number of characters written, or 255 if m
contains an invalid address.
r = mputln(m, &s): Writes up to 128 characters of null-terminated string
s followed by a C/R to the memory file.
Returns 0 if successful or 255 if m contains an
invalid address.
Note: Calls mputs() followed by mputc().
l, h = maddr(m); Returns the address contained in memory pointer m
as two bytes in LSB, MSB format.
This non-standard function is included for debugging
purposes.
Note: This library expects the following functions to be defined:
setdst(&s); Set destination string pointer
setsrc(&s); Set source string pointer and initialize index
along with the zero page variable pairs
dstlo,dsthi: Destination string pointer
srclo,srchi: Source string pointer
and the assembler constant
EOFCHR End of File character code`
RTNCHR Carriage Return character code