Selecting Directories; Moving Files Between Directories - Acorn computer econet level 2/3 User Manual

Selecting directories

You may want to work in a directory other than the one
selected for you when you logged on.
Type: *DIR <directory name>[RETURN]
This directory now becomes your currently selected directory.
Typing *CAT will produce a catalogue of this directory, not of
your main directory.
EXAMPLE
Typing: *DIR TUNES[RETURN]
makes TUNES the new selected directory. To load the file
STING, you now need only to
type: LOAD"FILM.STING"[RETURN]
To return to your main directory
type: *DIR[RETURN]
Moving files between
directories
To move a file from one directory to another
type: * RENAME <current> <new> [RETURN]
<current> here stands for current pathname;
<new> for new pathname.
EXAMPLES
*RENAME ONE.PROG TWO.PROG
will move the file PROG from directory ONE to
directory TWO.
You can change the filename while moving it. For example:
*RENAME ONE.JOES-PROG TWO.MY-PROG
will move the file JOES-PROG from the directory ONE to
directory TWO, and rename it there as MY-PROG.
* DIR
* RENAME
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