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1 <refentry id="exbin">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname id="exbinname">EXBIN</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Convert S-Record To Binary File</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>exbin</command>
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10 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>path2</replaceable></arg>
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11 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>path1</replaceable></arg>
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12 </cmdsynopsis>
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13 </refsynopsisdiv>
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15 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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16 <para>
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17 S-Record files are a type of text file that contains records that
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18 represent binary data in hexadecimal character form. This
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19 Motorola-standard format is often directly accepted by commercial PROM
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20 programmers, emulators, logic analyzers and similar devices that are
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21 interfaced RS-232 interfaces. It can also be useful for
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22 transmitting files over data links that can only handle character-type
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23 data; or to convert OS-9 assembler or compiler-generated
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24 programs to load on non-OS-9 systems.
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25 </para>
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26 <para>
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27 &quot;Path1&quot; is assumed to be an
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28 S-Record format text file which <command>exbin</command> converts to pure binary form on
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29 a new file called &quot;path2&quot;. The load addresses of each data record
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30 must describe continguous data in ascending order.
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31 </para>
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32 <para>
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33 <command>Exbin</command> does not generate or check for the proper OS-9 module
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34 headers or CRC check value required to actually load the binary
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35 file. The IDENT or VERIFY commands can be used to check the
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36 validity of the modules if they are to be loaded or run.
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37 Example:
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38 </para>
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39 <screen>
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40 exbin program.S1 cmds/program
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41 </screen>
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42 </refsect1>
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43 </refentry>
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