Using Other Users' Files; Access To Others' Files - Acorn computer econet level 2/3 User Manual

Using other users' files

You can now specify any file in the directories listed in the root
directory. You do this by giving the file's full pathname. A full
pathname consists of:
■ the root directory name ($), followed by a full stop
■ the main directory to which the file belongs, followed
by a full stop
■ the file's pathname.
EXAMPLES
To load ROBERT's file STING
type:
LOAD"$.ROBERT.TUNES.FILM.STING"[RETURN]
Alternatively, you could select ROBERT's directory FILM as
your current directory by
typing *DIR $.ROBERT.TUNES.FILM[RETURN]
Then you need only
type LOAD"STING"[RETURN]

Access to others' files

You will be able to load others' files only if their access strings
allow you to. Your access rights to their files depend on how they
have specified the right hand part of their access strings.
EXAMPLE
You could load someone else's file FILEA whose access string is
WR/R, but if you tried to load their file FILEB whose access
string is WR/, you would get an "Insufficient access" message.
The owner of a directory — the person with owner access to it
— owns all the files and directories in it. Directory owners can:
■ set access strings for the files in the directory
■ use SAVE and *CDIR to create new files and new sub-
directories in the directory
■ *DELETE files and directories in the directory.
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