PiDP-8/I Software

The os8-run manual claims you can add /A to the end of a cpto command, even though this is the default copying mode, but if you do, you get this bogus error:

sim> attach -r ptr /usr/local/src/pidp8i/e8-integration/src/e8/e8defs.pa-8027.pt_temp
attach -r ptr /usr/local/src/pidp8i/e8-integration/src/e8/e8defs.pa-8027.pt ^H_temp^M
PTR: unit is read only^M
sim> go 7600
go 7600^M
^M
.R PIP^MR PIP^M
*DTA0:/A<PTR:^MDTA0:/A<PTR:^M
CAN'T OPEN OUTPUT FILE^M

Note the missing file in the command to PIP. For this case, it should be like:

*DTA0:E8DEFS.PA/A<PTR:^MDTA0:/A<PTR:^M

The simple workaround is to remove the /A, but that just means that either the manual is wrong or os8-run should be changed to obey the manual.

Does this commit address this bug?

Yes.

Not a bug per-se, but a failure to adequately document the requirement that the option be preceded with whitespace.

Fixed by documentation in 02b6db5df2.