Date   : Fri, 09 Feb 1996 21:55:36 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Chris Johns <cmjohnj@...>
Subject: Re: DFS

On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Robert Schmidt wrote:

> Excuse my ignorance, but would anyone mind giving me a brief description of
> the most useful DFS commands?  I never had a DFS for my Beeb.
 
> Specifically, is there a command to select which diskette side is active -
> i.e. so that you don't have to take the diskette out, turn it around, and
> re-insert it?  This would be useful in BeebWin.

*drive <n>

Drive 0 is side 1, drive 2 is side 2 (:0)
Drive 1 is side 1, drive 3 is side 2 (:1)
 
> How do "dir"s work?  What do the "L." and "$." and whatnot in front of
> filenames mean?

Those are the directories. on DFS directories are non-hirarchical, single 
letter, so $.file is file in the directory $, L.moo is a file moo in 
directory L etc.

Access attributes can be L (locked) or none (unlocked) locked means read 
only, no write or delete.

*help DFS gives a command list

Remember that on DFS you can only have 31 files per DFS "disc" (ie a side 
of a double-sided disc)
 
>   Maintainer of "The BBC lives!" page:  
>   http://www.idt.unit.no/~robert/bbc/bbc.html

Keep up the good work on the page!

Hope this helps a bit

Seeya

Chris