apple-pascal-1.3-manual

You do not need to put a volume on line to specify it as the prefix volume. Ifyou use the Change command to change the name of the volume alreadyspecified as the prefix volume, the prefix will change to reflect the newname.To check or change the prefix, type P from the Filer command level. Youwill see the following prompt.Prefix is APPLE1:Prefix filenames by what volume ?If you press RETURN or ESC, the current prefix is retained.To save a lot of typing, use the* to refer to the startup disk. Then set theprefix to the other disk you use most often and use the : to refer to it.DateThe Date command allows you to set the correct date each day so that arecord may be kept of work performed on the system. Each time you createor update a volume or file, the date believed to be current by the system isincluded in the directory entry.When you invoke the Date command by typing D, you see the promptToday is 27-Apr-85Date format: dd-mmm-yy (month, year optional)New date :Pressing RETURN leaves the date unchanged; entering any part of the newdate changes the system's stored date. The month and year are optional,and only have to be changed as needed. In most cases you will only have tochange a single character to set the new date. The hyphens are delimitersfor the day, month, and year fields and it is possible to affect only one ortwo of these fields by using the delimiters; the year could be changed bytyping - -as, the month by typing -Mar. The slash(/) is also accepted as adelimiter when entering the date, but you can never change theday-month-year order.After you press RETURN, the date just set is displayed. If the new date isincorrect, type D to invoke the Date command again and reenter it.The Filer CommandsIl-55