Data/Delete - Solid State Logic SL 9000 J Series Operator's Manual

Projects

Data/Delete

As with File Copy (see Page 2-23), the Delete function in the FILE/SETUP/Data menu
can be extremely useful when dealing with a large number of files. Typically this
function will come into play when there has been little or no project management, and
the System Disk has become cluttered with a mass of ancient projects.
Select Delete and a pop-up list of data files will appear (see opposite). From bootup,
the list will display the top level of the System Disk; once it has been accessed, the list
will display the last selected directory. The name of this directory, plus its file path,
will be shown in the red bar at the top of the pop-up.
To list directories/files on a loaded floppy or MO disk, stab on the Floppy or Mag Opt
boxes as appropriate. You may choose to sort the list by Name, Type, Size or Date by
stabbing in the Sort box. Note that the box above Sort, displays the amount of free
space available on each disk. Use the Matches and Misses functions as described for
File Copy above.
The name in the long red bar at the top of the pop-up is the directory which you are
currently looking at. The list itself shows directories in red, suffixed with -> and file
names in black. To examine the contents of a directory, stab on the directory name. To
return to the previous level, stab on the red bar above the list. To return to the top
level, stab on the System, Floppy or Mag Opt box as required.
To delete multiple projects from the System Disk, first select the projects-> directory.
Now stab on the All Dirs box to select all the Project Files. Selected items are
highlighted in yellow in the main list and also appear, complete with file path, in the
smaller scrollable list below. This is the 'selected file' list and holds items that will be
deleted. Deselect any projects you don't wish to delete by stabbing on them in the
'selected file' list.
Single files may be selected for deletion by simply stabbing on them. Multiple
consecutive files can be selected by stabbing and dragging the pen up or down over
the file names. To select only files in the current directory, select All Files. Once
selected, individual files may be deselected by stabbing on them in the 'selected file'
list.
None deselects all current selections in the currently selected directory; Clear clears all
entries from the 'selected' list. A count of the number of selected items is displayed in
the Got.... box.
To delete the selected items, stab on OK and then confirm the deletion in the resulting
Yes/No pop-up. To clear the delete pop-up without making a source selection, stab
outside it.
The FILE/SETUP/Data menu also provides facilities to Create and Edit text files. The
latter of these functions should be used with extreme caution. Do not attempt to edit
any of the System files!
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