p7os command line reference

p7os is an experimental utility originally provided with p7utils in July 2017, then fixed in libcasio (unreleased). It is used to interact with the calculator’s system, to run update programs.

Warning

Usage of this utility is dangerous, and may brick your calculator. Ensure that you know what you’re doing before running it.

This interface is provided by compatibility with libp7 / libcasio, and must not be changed to bring new features or change the syntax of existing ones.

Available options for all subcommands are the following:

-h, --help

Display the help message for the command or subcommand and quit.

-v, --version

Display the version message and quit.

-l, --log

Logging level to set the library as, as any of info, warning, error, fatal, none.

This option may allow contributors to visualize the effects of their contribution better, and allows users to produce a full output to join to an issue.

See Logging facilities with Cahute for more information.

-#

Flag to enable displaying of a loading bar to show transfer or procedure progress.

--no-prepare

Do not upload the Update.EXE, suppose the correct one has already been uploaded and run by a previous command.

Invalid options are ignored by p7os. If an option is provided several times, only the latest occurrence will be taken into account.

See the following sections for subcommand specification.

prepare-only subcommand reference

This subcommand is used to only upload and run an Update.EXE file, and not run any other options after.

The syntax is the following:

p7os prepare-only

This subcommand does not provide additional options.

flash subcommand reference

This subcommand is used to flash a new OS onto a calculator.

The syntax is the following:

p7os flash <os.bin>

Available options are the following:

--erase-flash

Erase the flash.

get subcommand reference

This subcommand is used to backup

The syntax is the following:

p7 get [-o <os.bin>]

Available options are the following:

-o <os.bin>, --output <os.bin>

Path to the image to build.