Tektronix DAS 9221 Option 04, User Manual

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Appendix G: DASdisk Utility
DAS System User Manual
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When the DASdisk program executes, the first prompt asks you for the drive
that contains the floppy disk. You can use the Change Operation to redesig-
nate the floppy disk drive whenever desired. To redesignate the drive, select
the Change Operation in the Main menu, enter the letter of the desired drive,
and press the Return key. After the operation is completed, press any key to
return to the Main menu.
You must initialize a formatted floppy disk before DASdisk can perform
operations on the disk unless it has been formatted on the DAS. The Init
operation erases any information on the disk and initializes it. The disk must
already be formatted. To initialize a disk, select the Init operation and confirm
the operation. When the initialization operation is complete, press any key to
return to the Main menu.
The List Operation displays the contents of the floppy disk installed in the drive
you specified. DASdisk groups the files into file types that are sorted in
alphabetical order. The files within each file type are also displayed in alphabeti-
cal order. DASdisk displays the file name, size (in bytes), and date of creation. If
the list is longer than one screen, the message MORE appears on the bottom of
the screen. Press any key to display the next page of the list.
The Dir operation lets you list the contents of a PC directory. To list the contents
of a directory, select the Dir operation in the Main menu, specify the name of
desired directory with either a full or relative path, and press the Return key.
Pressing the Return key without specifying the directory in the PC Directory
Name field displays the current working directory. If the specified directory does
not exist, DASdisk aborts the operation. To return to the Main menu after the
operation is complete, press any key.
You can use either / or \ in the path names. You can’t use the wildcard character *
to specify path names, but you can use it to specify which files should be listed.
For example, if you enter c:/dasfiles or c/dasfiles/*, DASdisk lists all files in the
directory dasfiles. If you enter c:/dasfiles/abc*, DASdisk lists all files in the
dasfiles directory that begin with abc. DASdisk lists directories with their files in
columns and sorted alphabetically. Subdirectories have / attached as a suffix.
The Unpack operation lets you unpack file set that exists as a single file on a PC.
The Unpack operation separates a file set into individual files. DASdisk also
creates a new file named mapfile that contains a list of the files in the original
file set and both the DAS and PC file names for each file. Because this file is
required to repack a file set, be careful not to delete mapfile if there is a
possibility that you will ever repack the file set.
Change Operation
Init Operation
List Operation
Dir Operation
Unpack Operation