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- 9th July 1992
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- Support Group Application Note
- Number: 024
- Issue: 1
- Author:
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- Advanced Disc Filing System User Guide - Addendum
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- Applicable Hardware: BBC B
- BBC B+
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- Related Application Notes:
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- Copyright (C) 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 development and improvements and
- Acorn Computers Limited reserves the right to change its specifications at
- any time. Acorn Computers Limited cannot accept liability for any loss or
- damage arising from the use of any information or particulars in this
- leaflet. ACORN, ECONET and ARCHIMEDES are trademarks of Acorn Computers
- Limited.
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- Support Group
- Acorn Computers Limited
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- Please note the following changes to the Advanced Disc Filing System (ADFS)
- User Guide:
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- Chapter 9 - The Filing System Utilities
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- 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.
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- The utilities are each described in detail of the disc by means of a 'Help'
- facility and are summarised below.
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- *AFORM - formats a floppy disc in ADFS format.
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- *BACKUP - copies all the contents of one disc onto another.
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- 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.
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- COPYFILES - a BASIC program used to copy files from one filing system to
- another.
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- 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.
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- EXALL - similar to CATALL, but displays information similar to that given by
- the *EX and *INFO commands. A BASIC program.
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- 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.
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- RECOVER - this BASIC program enables a file, or part of a file, which has
- been deleted accidentally using the *DELETE command, to be recovered.
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- *VERIFY - verifies a disc by checking each sector to determine if it is
- readable.
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- 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:
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- Utilities Menu
- f0 - Aform
- f1 - Backup
- f2 - Catall
- f3 - Copyfiles
- f4 - Dircopy
- f5 - Exall
- f6 - Harderror
- f7 - Recover
- f8 - Verify
- f9 - End
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- Press:-
- Function keys to run Utilities
- Shift-function keys for help
- where End will stop the menu program and return you to BASIC.
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- When using the Help facility (SHIFT + <function key>), use SHIFT to scroll
- to the end of the text.
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- 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:
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- *<filename> RETURN
-
- as indicated above. For BASIC programs, type:
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- CH. "$ UTILITIES.<filename>" RETURN