Re: ProDOS Question

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Vince Guytan II <VGUYTAN_at_DSC-OS8@ccmail.dsccc.com> wrote:
>I have ProDOS 2.0.1 and also have read the ProDOS 1.0.1 book.  I cannot 
>find any reference on how to switch directories.  Can anyone help?  On a 
>PC you would just type cd [directory name] and it would switch.

Type PREFIX [directory pathname].  Also remember that in ProDOS, the
delimiter is the slash "/" not the backslash "\" as in MS-DOG.

So if you wanted to switch to the directory "MY" in the directory "ME"
on the disk "YOU," you would type: prefix /you/me/my

>also, 
>how would i create a directory?

Run the system utilities (on old disks, this was FILER.SYSTEM).  To do
so, type: -filer.system ("-" is the ProDOS command to run a file).

In the system utils, select the make new subdirectory function and
make a directory.


>Another question is how do I access the floppy drive in slot 6 if I have 
>a hard drive in 7 which boots up automatically (instead of typing pr#6)?
>
>Thanks,
>--vince

If the floppy is ProDOS, just PREFIX the disk's pathname.

If it is DOS 3.3, you'll have to PR#6.