Rename (Basic 4.0 Direct Command); (Basic 4.0 Direct Command); Scratch Command - Commodore 2031 User Manual

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The format for RENAME is:

Where:

The letter R is a legal abbreviation for RENAME.

The RENAME direct command in BASIC 4.0 performs the same function as

RENAME disk command.

The format is:

RENAME Ddr,"ofn" TO "nfn" (Ddr=0) ON Udn

Close any open files before using the RENAME

command since the disk will not execute this com-

mand on any active files.

For further information on the RENAME command, please refer to the Com-

modore BASIC 4.0 Reference Manual.

The SCRATCH command erases unwanted files from the specified diskette and

its directory. You can erase one file, several files, or all the files on a

diskette.

The format for SCRATCH is:

Where:

PRINT#1fn,"RENAMEdr:nfn=ofn"

dr = the disk drive on which the diskette is located (0).

nfn = the new name of the file.

ofn = the old name of the file.

1fn = a logical file number. You assign this number

arbitrarily and it may be any whole number between 1

and 255.

NOTE

PRINT#1fn,"Sdr:fn,dr:fn...dr:fn"

dr = is the disk drive to be searched (0).

fn = is the name of the file to be erased.

RENAME - (BASIC 4.0 Direct Command)

SCRATCH

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