maton@dvinci.USask.CA (Terry Maton) (06/21/89)
I have been having problems with file types now for some time. When I download a EXEcable file and EXEC it, it makes a BIN type file instead of a SYS type. This means I cannot run it :-( I know there is a file type changer program in the APPLE2-L archives, but yes - Catch-22 - that file when downloaded and EXEC'd produces a BIN file!!! HELP!!! Terry Maton University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada uucp address: maton@dvinci.USask.ca bitnet address: MATON@SASK.BITNET ******* One Planet - One People - PLEASE *******
dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (06/22/89)
In article <2069@dvinci.USask.CA> maton@dvinci.USask.CA (Terry Maton) writes: >I have been having problems with file types now for some time. > >When I download a EXEcable file and EXEC it, it makes a BIN type file >instead of a SYS type. Do you get any error messages? If all goes well with the execution of an Executioner-created EXEC file, you should get the proper file type. Did you check to see if the resulting BIN file is actuall packed in Binary II or ShrinkIt format? >This means I cannot run it :-( > >I know there is a file type changer program in the APPLE2-L archives, but >yes - Catch-22 - that file when downloaded and EXEC'd produces a BIN file!!! You don't *really* need a special filetype changer to get started--it just makes the process simpler. (I really wish everybody habitually used a command shell that has a command for changing filetypes and auxtypes.) Anyway, if you have a file that's *supposed* to be a SYS file but is a BIN file instead, here's what you can do from BASIC.SYSTEM. If you just want to execute the thing, BLOAD myfile,A8192 CALL 8192 If you want to change the type, create a new SYS file and save the contents of the BIN file into it, like this: CREATE newfile,TSYS BLOAD oldfile,A8192 BSAVE newfile,TSYS,A8192,Lxyz where "xyz" is the "endfile" (the size) of the old file as shown by the CATALOG command (*not* the CAT command). --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) (06/24/89)
In article <2069@dvinci.USask.CA> maton@dvinci.USask.CA (Terry Maton) writes: ... >When I download a EXEcable file and EXEC it, it makes a BIN type file >instead of a SYS type. > >I know there is a file type changer program in the APPLE2-L archives, but >yes - Catch-22 - that file when downloaded and EXEC'd produces a BIN file!!! > > Terry Maton What you need to do is create a new file of type SYS and copy the BIN file to it. In BASIC.SYSTEM you would first CATALOG the directory including the incorrect BIN file and remember it's length. Since SYS files always load at address $2000, you should then BLOAD the BIN file at that address: BLOAD oldfile,A$2000 Then you should create the destination SYS file... CREATE newfile,TSYS and save the BIN file memory image to the new name as a SYS file. BSAVE newfile,TSYS,A$2000,L<length> The <length> is found (in decimal, as I remember) in the full CATALOG display, but not in the shortened CAT command. If you use the wrong length then you'll lose part of the file in the conversion. Of course, this will only work with files that are short enough to load into memory, but that should not affect this kind of file type change because SYS files must be loaded into memory to execute. For other kinds of file type changes, try using a sector editor and the Apple ProDOS Reference Manual list of file type byte codes. Brian Willoughby ...!uw-beaver!microsoft!brianw or microsoft!brianw@uunet.UU.NET or just brianw@microsoft.UUCP
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (06/25/89)
>When I download a EXEcable file and EXEC it, it makes a BIN type file >instead of a SYS type. > >This means I cannot run it :-( The usual cause of this problem is an Executioner file that has a 'pad' character (or a blank or something) in the line before the BSAVE (the BSAVE *must* be preceeded by 2 <cr's> with NO intervening characters). If you EXEC and don't get the message "<programname> Saved" when the EXEC completes, you might try CALL -151 E00G I haven't experienced the problem, so I haven't any experience with trying to get the 'closer' routine to run by hand that way, but the code the Executioner stores at E00 is a program to write the proper directory entry for the file that was just BSAVE'd. Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)
MGRJTC@ROSEVC.Rose-Hulman.EDU ("Jerrod T. Carter, Asst. Manager") (06/25/89)
>>When I download a EXEcable file and EXEC it, it makes a BIN type file >>instead of a SYS type. >> >>This means I cannot run it :-( > >If you EXEC and don't get the message "<programname> Saved" when the >EXEC completes, you might try > >CALL -151 >E00G > I had this problem too, and this answer was just what I needed. Worked great.