ACC Utilities Reference Guide

ZDGEN - ZCOM Device Table Generator
Running ZDGEN
Chapter 124
Running ZDGEN
The ZDGEN program reads the ASCII device definition file and
generates a binary file that is used by TTGEN to build the memory
image file for the ZCOM system.
The run string for ZDGEN is as follows:
zdgen <InputFile> <DeviceFile>
- <InputFile> is the ASCII file
- <DeviceFile> is the generated binary device file
Remember to specify as much of the directory path of each of the file
names as is necessary. Usually, InputFile is specified as
/opt/acc/cfg/zcomdevice.txt and DeviceFile is specified as
/opt/acc/cfg/zcomdevice. ZDGEN does not default to these file names,
because there are some circumstances where it is useful to specify an
alternate.
The getdevice routine, as used by TTGEN, also uses the ZDGEN
generated ZCOM device file /opt/acc/cfg/zcomdevice. getdevice is also
called by the ZCOM utility programs ZTERM and ZMNTR, so these
programs also require the ZCOM device file /opt/acc/cfg/zcomdevice.
See the ACC Programmer’s Reference Guide for information on the
getdevice routine.
If DeviceFile already exists, the program will ask whether to purge the
existing file before it proceeds.
When the conversion is finished, the program displays how many lines
were read, and how many devices were defined.