Advanced Disc Filing System User Guide
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1. 9th July 1992 Support Group Application Note a Number 024 Cor ww Issue 1 Author Advanced Disc Filing System User Guide Addendum Applicable Related Hardware Application BBCB Notes BBC B Copyright Acorn Computers Limited 1992 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this leaflet is true and correct at the time of printing However the products described in this leaflet are subject to continuous Support Group development and improvements and Acorn Computers Limited reserves the right to change oc fis its specifications at any time Acorn Computers Limited cannot accept liability for any loss Acom Computer s Limited or damage arising from the use of any information or particulars in this leaflet ACORN Acorn House ECONET and ARCHIMEDES are trademarks of Acorn Computers Limited ae Vision Park Histon Cambridge CB44AE Support Group Application Note No 024 Issue 1 9th July 1992 Please note the following changes to the Advanced Disc Filing System ADFS User Guide Chapter 9 The Filing System Utilities The ADFS Utilities Disc supplied is an enhanced version of the disc described in chapter 9 The number of utilities has been increased and the disc incorporates a menu for ease of selection The utilities are each described in detail of the disc by means of a Help facility and are summarised below AFORM formats a floppy disc in ADFS format BACKUP copies all the con2. e No 024 Issue 1 9th July 1992 where End will stop the menu program and return you to BASIC When using the Help facility SHIFT lt function key gt use SHIFT to scroll to the end of the text To use individual programs without recourse to the menu insert the disc into a drive and select the drive using a DIR or MOUNT instruction Type LIB LIBRARY to set the library For machine code programs simply type lt filename gt RETURN as indicated above For BASIC programs type CH UTILITIES lt filename gt RETURN Support Group Application Note No 0024 Issue 1 3
3. tents of one disc onto another CATALL a BASIC program which produces a listing of the contents of all the directories on a disc in a similar form to that given by the CAT command COPYFILES a BASIC program used to copy files from one filing system to another DIRCOPY a BASIC program which copies the entire contents of a specified ADFS source directory and all its sub directories to a specified destination directory EXALL similar to CATALL but displays information similar to that given by the EX and INFO commands A BASIC program HARDERROR this BASIC program enables permanent floppy disc errors to be ignored by the ADFS thus avoiding the Disc Error message which would be generated when the bad track is accessed RECOVER this BASIC program enables a file or part of a file which has been deleted accidentally using the DELETE command to be recovered VERIFY verifies a disc by checking each sector to determine if it is readable To use the Utilities disc insert it into the drive the top drive on dual drives and whilst holding down SHIFT and A press and release BREAK The Utilities Menu will appear as follows Utilities Menu f0 Aform f1 Backup f2 Catall f3 Copyfiles f4 Dircopy f5 Exall f6 Harderror f7 Recover f8 Verify f9 End Press Function keys to run Utilities Shift function keys for help Support Group Application Note No 0024 Issue 1 2 Support Group Application Not
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