Pathnames - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Note : When you sort files by type, they are arranged alphabetically by their
extensions.
Path names
A path name tell s the computer where to find a fi le or folder. Path names begin w ith
the appropriate drive identifier, and then l i st each appl icable folder, starting with
the folder residing i n the root directory (e.g., A :\ or B :\ etc . ) and ending w ith the
folder that contains the fi l e or folder.
The final element of a path name is the name and extension of the file or folder. The
move bar displays the complete pathname of the displayed file or folder.
Let ' s build an example. You have a fi le i n drive A which contains all 1 992 sales
and marketing reports for all sales regions. But you are interested i n finding the
July 6th sales report from the western sales region.
First you open the disk icon for floppy drive A . A w indow opens, di splaying drive
A ' s root directory. The move bar displays only the drive identifier and file mask.
The fi Ie mask i s the
* . *
A:\* . *
Note: For a full explanation offile masks, please refer to Set File Mask. The
asterisks in the file mask above are known as wild card characters. Wild card
characters are explained in the section on File Specification in this chapter.
One of the items in the displayed root directory is a folder called SALES. When
that folder is opened, the name of the folder is added to the pathname. The
path name then consi sts of the D i sk Identifier and the folder name l i ke the example
be low:
A:\SALES\' . *
fol lowing the backslash:
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