Tektronix DAS 9221 Option 04, User Manual

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Operation field. This field specifies the operation to be performed on the
files residing on floppy or hard disk. The selection made here determines
what fields appear in the display.
H
Source Disk and Destination Disk fields. These fields specify the disk that
contains the source file to be copied and the destination disk where the file
will be stored. The floppy disk cannot be selected as both the source and
destination disks.
H
Source File Type Field. This field specifies the file type to be copied from
the source disk. The destination will always be the same file type. Use the
scroll keys to view all available files.
H
Source and Destination File Name fields. These fields specify the source file
and destination file for the Copy File operation. The default destination file
name will be the same as the source file name.
H
Disk Information. These areas on the screen list information about each file
on the selected source and destination disk. Source file information is
displayed on the left side of the menu and destination file information is
displayed on the right side. Displayed information includes the file type, file
name, file size (in kilobytes), and the time and date the file was created. If
the selected file is divided between two or more floppy disks, the message
“Diskette Volume n of m” will be display.
H
Function key F5: IDENTIFY FLOPPY displays updated information on the
floppy disk. Use this function key when you install another floppy disk and
want to know the contents of the disk.
Using the Delete File operation (Figure 3–17), you can delete individual files
from hard disk and floppy disk. Deletions made with this operation only affect
the contents of a specified file; other files on the disk are not affected.
When you select the Delete File operation, a directory listing is displayed that
contains the file names, file sizes (in kilobytes), and creation/revision dates and
times for all files on the specified disk. To delete a file, make selections in the
Source Disk, Source File Type, and Source File Name fields. You can also
choose a file to delete by moving the active cursor through the directory listing
with the scroll keys. Complete the delete operation by selecting function key
F8: EXECUTE OPERATION and confirm your choice.
The Format Floppy operation prepares an unformatted 1.44 Mbyte floppy disk
for file storage. This operation destroys the contents of the disk. The format used
by the system can be read and written by IBM PC disk drives through the
DASdisk utility. You can also read and write this same format on SUN worksta-
tions using the tar command. For more information on the DASdisk utility refer
to Appendix G: DASdisk Utility.
Delete File Operation
Format Floppy Operation