Date   : Wed, 04 May 2011 18:54:54 +0100
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: *LOAD/*SAVE shadow screen

paul aslin wrote:
> Anyway for my purposes at the moment DFS's short folder names make   
> it unusable anyway.

Is it really unsurpassable? Can't you use the initial character
of the directory name if on DFS?

filename$=LEFT$(dirname$,NOT(dfs%AND-2))+"."+leafname$

where dfs% is previously set with dfs%=FNfile("$",5)<>2, see
http://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Test_for_DFS-like_filing_systems

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