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- From: SK0001@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU (Sal Kabalani)
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- Subject: File Management utility
- Message-ID: <01GR2LTWD6SI000TNW@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 22:29:08 GMT
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- Hello All
-
- I am considering writing a file management utility for internal use on our
- corporate VAX. This utility would have some of the fucntionality provided
- by LIST in the DOS world.
-
- It will be used primarily to manage files (delete, move, edit, list, print, and
- other simple functions).
-
- I have two main questions:
-
- 1- I loaded a FOO.DIR file into TPU and looked at it. It contains all the
- filenames in the directory FOO, plus some other information. I am assuming
- this information is date/time, size, location on disk, etc. for each file in
- that directory. Does anyone know what is the format for the records in
- FOO.DIR directory ?
-
- 2- I dont want to re-invent the wheel. I there is such a utility that does what
- I need, I would like to consider it, instead of writing my own. Does anyone
- know if such a utility exists ? I would still like to know the FOO.DIR
- record format, for educational purposes, if nothing else.
-
- Thank you for your responses.
-
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