4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
11:07 a.m.
From: "Steve Jones" <classiccmp at
crash.com>
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So, what else have we got out there for file/directory path
separators? We've got DEC's "DEVICE:[DIR.SUB]FILE.TXT;1" and
uhm... actually, I can't think of the conventions for any others
at the moment. Can anybody think of any interesting ones? I
can't remember what DomainOS did, but I remember it striking me
when I learned of it. Mainframes? RTOSes?
--S.
Hi
The Polymorphics DOS uses <disk>dirname>filename.ext or
<disk>dirname>subdir>filename.ext .
It is funny in that the file names and directory names can
be up to 32 characters but the extention is only 2 characters.
If using the disk name, it can only be 8 characters.
They also had subdirectories from the start. This DOS is like
most of the older ones in that it one had to PACK every now
and then to recover deleted disk space. Since it was created
before DOS, I wonder where it got its roots?
Dwight