Switches

Each switch can be thought of as part of a control panel that governs some aspect of DiskDupe's operation. Some have just two positions: On/Off. Others can have several. If a switch works with the On/Off command, you can turn it on with TRUE or YES as well, and turn if off with a FALSE or NO.

You can designate a switch from either the menus or the command-line, and if a switch isn't specified when you start DiskDupe, it will remain in the same position as the last time you exited.

Please note that the availability of certain switches is dependent on which DiskDupe software you are using, i.e. Standard, Pro or AutoPro, and that some switches may not be available for the Windows version of DiskDupe.

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Go Switches
(Standard/Pro/Auto/AutoPro) **

Topic	Switch	Explanation
Duplicate	/DUP	Duplicate (also for format if source is FORMAT)
Compare	/COM	Stand-Alone Compare
Test	/TES	Drive Test (diagnostics)
Label	/LAB	Print test for labels
Network	/SERVER	Starts the DiskDupe Network Server option
No pause	/NOWAIT	No pause at menus before or after copy
Overwrite	/OVERWRITE	Same as NOWAIT, but will overwrite the disk currently in the drive
No screen	/NOSCREEN	Suppresses the normal screen display and displays text instead. If no screen output is desired, redirect the output to NULL. For example DISKDUPE /NOSCREEN]NULL
Exit on error	/EXIT	Exits on a bad disk. Normally if DiskDupe rejects a disk while copying, it will continuing copying until a good copy is made. However, if you want it to cease copying instead use this command line

Theses switches get DiskDupe to start immediately and exit automatically upon completion. If you don't specify one of these switches then DiskDupe will change the settings you specify and pause at the menus for you to make a selection.

To format diskettes /DUP is used with the Source set to FORMAT.

The /NOWAIT switch is used to keep DiskDupe from stopping at the menus when errors are encountered.

Unlike the other switches, these active switches are not saved and must be specified each time DiskDupe is called up.

** /NOWAIT, /OVERWRITE, /EXIT, and /NOSCREEN are not available in DiskDupe Standard and Auto.

Basic Switches
(Standard/Pro/Auto/AutoPro)

Topic	Switch	Explanation
Copies	/C	Specifies number of copies(/C0 for continuous) Example: DISKDUPE /C50
Job name	/JOB=filename	Pulls up settings previously saved in a job in DiskDupe. If job name has spaces in it then surround with quotes. Example: DISKDUPE /JOB="Make product disks"
Data file	/DAT=filename	Use alternate .DAT file for different duplicating jobs. Must follow "DISKDUPE" command. Example: DISKDUPE /DAT=datafil1.dat This setting is not saved.
Format Options	/F	Use /FA for Always, /FO for Only if Necessary, or /FN for Never
Verify Options	/V	Use /VA for Always, /VO for Only if Necessary, or /VN for Never
Drive Setup	/CMOS=YES   /CMOS=NO	"YES" uses CMOS bootup configuration for A: and B: drives; "NO" does not
Memory (Dos only)	/EMS /XMS	Specify an amount of memory, "0" not to use, or "-1" for no limit. Example: /XMS=1024

Autoloader Switches
(Auto/AutoPro)

Topic	Switch	Explanation
Keep Disk	/KEEPFIRST   /KEEPLAST	Keeps the first or last disk in the autoloader drive. This option is not saved.
Serial Pause	/SERCOMPPAUSE=ON	Pauses between serial numbers while comparing disks that have serial numbers. Useful when doing serial quality assurance, so the operator can verify the serial number with the disk label

Note: The /KEEP switches will be disregarded when used in conjunction with the Cleaning or Drive Test functions. DiskDupe will always insert a new disk.

Disk Type Switches
(Standard/Pro/Auto/AutoPro)

Switch	Explanation
/TAU	Disk set to Auto
/T320	320k Disks
/T360	360k Disks
/T400	400k Disks
/T720	720k Disks
/T800	800k Disks
/T12	1.2Mb Disks
/T136	1.36Mb Disks
/T14	1.44Mb Disks
/T168	1.68Mb Disks
/T28	2.8Mb Disks

These are the default disk type switches supported. Custom disk types are also supported via the disk type name. The exact name of the disk type must be entered including the character case and any spaces between characters.

To select a disk type with a name that has spaces in it, enclose the name in quotation marks. For example the disk type 1.84Mb copy, would be selected with /T"1.84Mb copy". A name that does not have any spaces in it can be selected normally, i.e. disk type "Unix" can be selected using /TUnix.

Advanced Switches
(Standard/Pro/Auto/AutoPro) **

Topic	Switch	Explanation
Track Range	/TRALL /TRDATA /TRSER /TRNONE	Track Range: All Track Range: Data Track Range: Serial Track Range: None
Detect data area	/DETECTDATA or /EXACT	Enable detect the data area
Serial	/SZON /SZOFF /SZF=file.SER /SZN	Serial: On Serial: Off Select serial file with parameters for serialization. Serialization Number
User	/USER="name"	Specifying the user's name. This setting is not saved
Labels	/LBON /LBOFF /LBF=filename /LBP=lpt1	Turn on or off label printing while copying   Specify the label file to use Specify the port of file to print to
Images	/DES="xxx"	Specifies image description from the command line
Count all	/COUNTALL or /COUNTBAD	Causes DiskDupe to count all disks during duplication so that pre-labeled diskettes do not get out of order when bad disks are encountered
LLP	/LLPKEEP	Prevents clearing of the CopyMaker autoloader when starting a new operation
Collate sets Retries	/COLLSETS /RETRIES=	Collates a disk set. The number of retries you will allow DiskDupe to perform when DiskDupe is writing and reading disks Example: DISKDUPE /DUP /RETRIES=2,5,5,10

Retries specifies the number of retries that DiskDupe will attempt when coping or reading disks. Four numbers are entered, separated by commas, with no spaces. They represent in order:

1. Retries per track for duplication and verification.
2. Retried tracks during duplication and verification.
3. Retries per track when reading a master disk.
4. Retried tracks per disk when reading a master disk.