The Home Directory - HP 49g+ User Manual

@RENAM
To rename a variable
@NEW
To create a new variable
@ORDER
To order a set of variables in the directory
@SEND
To send a variable to another calculator or computer
@RECV
To receive a variable from another calculator or computer
If you press the L key, the third set of functions is made available:
@HALT
To return to the stack temporarily
@VIEW
To see contents of a variable
@EDITB To edit contents of a binary variable (similar to @EDIT)
@HEADE
To show the directory containing the variable in the header
@LIST
Provides a list of variable names and description
@SORT
To sort variables according to a sorting criteria
If you press the L key, the last set of functions is made available:
@XSEND
To send variable with X-modem protocol
@CHDIR
To change directory
To move between the different soft menu commands, you can use not only the
NEXT key (L), but also the PREV key („«).
The user is invited to try these functions on his or her own. Their applications
are straightforward.

The HOME directory

The HOME directory, as pointed out earlier, is the base directory for memory
operation for the calculator. To get to the HOME directory, you can press the
UPDIR function („§) -- repeat as needed -- until the {HOME} spec is
shown in the second line of the display header. Alternatively, you can use
„(hold) §, press ` if in the algebraic mode. For this example, the
HOME directory contains nothing but the CASDIR. Pressing J will show
the variables in the soft menu keys:
Subdirectories
To store your data in a well organized directory tree you may want to create
subdirectories under the HOME directory, and more subdirectories within
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