2.
Put files within subdirectories like putting documents in folders
3.
Put subdirectories within subdirectories like putting folders
within folders.
Pathname
The name of the directory combined with the names of one or more
subdirectories is called a pathname. Volume names and subdirectory
names are preceded by a slash, "/" (Note that some applications add
the slash for you). For example, you could have a volume named
/
MY.DISK
and a file called
MY.FILE
on the root directory of that
disk. To access that file, you would use the pathname
/MY.DISK/
MY.FILE
. You could also have a file
JUL.DEC
in a subdirectory
(folder) called
PHONE
on a disk called
/BILLS
. To access that file,
you would use the pathname
/BILLS/PHONE/JUL.DEC
. Refer to
the diagram below:
Now when an application asks you for the pathname of a file, you'll
have a basic understanding of what it expects.
System Files
A system file is a ProDOS file that starts an application. Typically,
these files have the suffix
.SYSTEM
(e.g.
/APLWORKS.SYSTEM
,
/
ACCOUNT.SYSTEM
[see above], etc.). When you boot ProDOS, it runs
the first system file listed in its directory. So, if BASIC.SYSTEM is the
first system file on your ProDOS boot disk, ProDOS will boot and
then put you in BASIC.
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