Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II Reference Manual page 26

General Information
File Specification
The only way to store infonnation on disk is to put it in a disk file. Afterwards,
that infonnation can be referenced via the file name you gave to the file when
you created or renamed it.
A file specification has the general form
For example:
FileA/TXT.Manager:3(ACCOUNTS)
references the file named
FileA/TXT(ACCOUNTS)
with the password
Manager,
on Drive 3, diskette name
ACCOUNTS.
File Names
DATAll/BAS
WAliEHOUS
TEST/l
INVN°rORY
AU91.JS"ot/15
TESTl
A file name consists of a name and an optional name-extension. For the
name, you can choose any letter, followed by up to seven additional numbers
or letters. To use a name extension, start with a diagonal slash / and add up to
three numbers or letters.
For example:
MODEL..2/TXT
N(-\I'1ES/123
TEST
are all valid and
distinct
file names.
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