txt2core [-l] input output
Plaintext to PDP-10 core dump format conversion utility. Can be used to convert
ASCII text files to PDP-10 core dump format, allowing them to be added to
TOPS-10 backup tapes using the
back10
utility, for transferring to (emulated) machines running TOPS-10. This is
a better solution than using Kermit for file transfer because Kermit does not
always get line endings correctly and cannot handle SOS line numbers.
SOS line numbers in plaintext ASCII files can be reconstructed by passing -l
when running txt2core. This assumes that each line in the input file starts
with a 5-digit line number, followed by a tab.