Date   : Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:58:05 +0100
From   : "MARK of EALING" <m-and-m@...>
Subject: Re: DFS basics

    Hi to all,

    There was/is a program in BASIC I think ( I've got it somewhere) that
would nearly double the files per directory of a standard Acorn DFS. One of
the files was called !!!!!!!!!!!
I beleive it split? the side into two and to access the other half of the
disc, one typed in *SWAP <RETURN> I also think that the program came with
The Micro User
Kind Regards, Mark.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Widdas" <brian@...>
To: "Andrew W" <a.weston2@...>
Cc: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] DFS basics


>
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Andrew W wrote:
>
> > I wondered if anybody could remind me of a DFS basic. How many files per
> > directory are allowed?
>
> There aren't any directories as such. Standard DFS allows you 31 files per
> disk (or, rather, per side-of-disk, if you have a double-sided drive).
>
> The directories are really just single character prefixes to the
> filenames. Normally, it's $ (eg, $.!BOOT, $.FILE), but can be something
> else, eg A.FILE, B.FILE, C.FILE
>
> Various other DFSes allowed more files per side-of-disk. I think the
> Watford one, for example, allowed you to have 62.
>
> Brian
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