Pathname; System Files - Applied Engineering Sirius IIGS User Manual

2) Put files within subdirectories like putting documents in
folders.
3) Put subdirectories within subdirectories like putting
folders within folders.

Pathname

The name of the directory combined with the names of one or
more subdirectories is called a pathname. Volume names and
subdirectory names are preceded by a slash, "1". (Note that some
applications add the slash for you.) For example, you could have
a volume named
root directory of that disk. To access that file, you would use the
pathname
JUL
AUG
.
/BILLS.
/BILLS/PHONE/JUL DEC.
BILLS (root dir.)
Now when an application asks you for the pathname of a file,
you'll have a basic understanding of what it expects.

System Files

A system file is a ProDOS file that starts an application.
Typically, these files have the suffix
/APLWORKS
you boot ProDOS, it runs the first system file listed in its
directory. So, if BASIC.SYSTEM is the first system file on your
ProDOS boot disk, ProDOS will boot and then put you in BASIC.
and a file called
/MY DISK
.
/MY.DISK/MY.FILE.
in a subdirectory (folder) called
To access that file, you would use the pathname
Refer to the diagram below.
PHONE (subdir.)
ELEC . (subdir)
ACCOUNT.SYSTEM
(subdir.)
GAS
(subdir.)
FAMOUS
ProDOS Directory Structure
SYSTEM, /ACCOUNT. SYSTEM
.
NY. FILE
You could also have a file
on a disk called
PHONE
JAN. JUN
(files)
JUL DEC
.
JAN. JUN
(files)
JUL DEC
.
(file)
(subdir.)
ZIPPY.FUEL
(subdir.)
NITRO.NEDS
WILD
(files)
THE KID
BO BAGGINS
.
(e.g.
SYSTEM
.
[see above], etc.). When
App. E - A Brief ProDOS Tutorial
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JUL.DEC
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(files)
(files)