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Chapter 2 - File Manager


Using the File Manager

You can use the File Manager to manipulate files, directories, and volumes. The chapter "Introduction to File Management" in this book shows how to use the File Manager and other system software services to accomplish the most common file-related operations (that is, handling the typical File menu commands). This section shows how to accomplish a variety of other operations on files, directories, and volumes. In particular, this section shows how to

Altogether, the code listings given in this section provide a rich source of information about using the many File Manager routines and data structures.


Subtopics
Determining the Features of the File Manager
Creating File System Specification Records
Manipulating the Default Volume and Directory
Deleting Files and File Forks
Searching a Volume
Constructing Full Pathnames
Determining the Amount of Free Space on a Volume
Sharing Volumes and Directories
Locking and Unlocking File Ranges

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2 JUL 1996