Acorn Communicator Filestore Manager's Guide

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The 'root' directory In a simple system, the directory structure of one disc might be: Where names shown in capitals are directories, names in small letters are files. The directory named $, at the top of the tree, is often called 'root', because it contains all the other directories and files on the disc. Sub-directories The directory EDP contains a directory (MEMOS) and two other files; the directory MEMOS contains four more files. The directory TEMPS just contains three files, one of which has the same name as a file in EDP. These files are however entirely distinct. Using the filing cabinet analogy once again, the $ directory could be the filing cabinet, containing a number of drawers (labelled EDP, TEMPS, etc). Within each drawer are typed documents (files); some are just in a heap (for example, qrx44 and workhrs, in EDP), while others are organised into folders, or sub-directories (for example, jones 1 , jones2, report and safety, in the folder named MEMOS). Directories The current directory Whenever FileStore is being used, users will be using one of the directories (have a particular drawer open), called their current directory. This means 4 2 THE FILESTORE MANAGER'S ROLE
that when they save a file, it will usually be saved in that directory; if they attempt to load a file, it will be looked for in that directory. Changing directory Users can move to another directory (open another drawer) by using the DIR command, to gain access to its files. To move to a directory contained in the current directory, they simply specify its name. To move to a directory that is elsewhere, they specify the directory's `pathname'. Directory pathname A pathname simply states the path that FileStore must take to reach a directory (or file), as a sequence of directories separated by full stops. If the first character of the pathname is $ , the path starts in the root directory, $; otherwise, it starts in the current directory. Thus, if the current directory were 'EDP', you could refer to the 'MEMOS' directory as 'MEMOS' or the pathname S.EDP.MEMOS. If the current directory were 'TEMPS', you could refer to the 'MEMOS' directory as $ . EDP. MEMOS. File pathname Users can also refer to files by using pathnames too, in exactly the same way as directories. Thus to specify the 'safety' memo, you could type the pathname: $.EDP.MEMOS.safety whatever your current directory. This is just the same as telling someone how to find something in a filing cabinet. If they have the right drawer open, you might say 'go to the folder marked MEMOS and get me the letter with the reference JONES1'. If they haven't got the right drawer open (or if you're not sure), you might say 'go to filing cabinet number 2, open the EDP drawer, open the MEMOS folder and get me the letter with the reference JONES1'. You can even use a pathname to specify a file or directory on another disc, by starting the pathname with a colon (:) and the disc's name. For example, to refer to the file S.ANNE.phones' on a disc named 'WORK l', you would use: :WORK1.S.ANNE.phones 2 THE FILESTORE MANAGER'S ROLE 5
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Page 7: 1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Introduction Fil
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Bad attribute A user has made a mis
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FS error 29 Someone has managed to
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One of the discs is badly corrupted
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the *CAT command or NETMGR task's T
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If you have more than one FileStore
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Appendix 3: COMMAND SUMMARIES Some
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Maintenance mode To use the mainten
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INDEX $.UTILS.SETT1ME 34 Backup —
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Maintenance tasks 9-10 Role of mana
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