Using Directories; Creating Directories; Pathnames For Files; Pathnames For Directories - Acorn computer econet level 2/3 User Manual

Using directories

Creating directories

You can create sub-directories within your main directory, so
that you can organise your files into groups and sub-groups. For
example, you might put all your programs that play tunes into a
sub-directory called TUNES. The ones that play film tunes could
go into a sub-directory of TUNES called FILM.
Before you can organise your files in this way, you have to
create the directories you want, using the *CDIR command.
To create a directory
type: *CDIR <directory name>[RETURN]
EXAMPLES
*CDIR PROGS
*CDIR TUNES
If you now type in *CAT, you will see PROGS and TUNES listed
among the entries in your main directory. Next to them will be the
letters DL/, to show that
■ they are directories
■ they are locked.

Pathnames for files

To use files that are in sub-directories, you will need to specify
the sub-directory name as well as the filename. You do this by
giving the sub-directory name first, then a full stop, then the
filename.
EXAMPLES
TUNES.A MATHS.
MONDAY
Names like this are called pathnames.
*CDIR
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