How to run CPCXFS under Debian or Ubuntu

CPCXFS is a DSK Amstrad CPC disk image editor for use with emulators, you can:

• Create new DSK images.
• List the contents of the DSK.
• Add, rename or delete files in the DSK.
• Etc.

Setup

Follow these steps in order to install it in your GNU/Linux distro:

• Add the necessary packages to compile and install:
  sudo apt-get install termcap* build-essential
• Download the lastest versión.
• You can uncompress it with nautilus, mc or console with the command:
  unzip -x cpcxfs.zip
• Compile it:
  cd src
make -f makefile.lnx clean
make -f makefile.lnx
• Move the binary to /usr/local/bin to get available in any path
  sudo mv cpcxfs /usr/local/bin/

Use

You can use this software in the linux console, you can see all the possibilities with the command:
cpcxfs --help

You can see some help files into the zip:

• cpcxfs.doc: text plain file, you can use your distro text editor.
• cpcxfs.hlp: windows help file, you can use xchm to read it.

Some interesting examples of use:

Examples	Result
cpcxfs disc.dsk -d	Show the contents of the DSK
cpcxfs disc.dsk -s	Show statistics and technical information about the DSK
cpcxfs disc.dsk -g file	Extract a file from the DSK
cpcxfs disc.dsk -p file	Add a file from the DSK
cpcxfs disc.dsk -mg file*	Extract the files from the DSK acording to the input mask
cpcxfs disc.dsk -mp file*	Add the files from the DSK acording to the input mask
cpcxfs disc.dsk -h	More help

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