Table 18 – Browser commands

In order to copy a file, you will need to highlight (using the cursor keys) the file and then press C. The status lines will change to: Copy? (Y/N) to which you'll need to reply with a Y or N (for Yes or No). Then you navigate to the new location whether this is on the same drive or on another drive and once you've reached your intended target you will need to press P. The Browser will ask you if you want to Paste here? (Y/N) to which you'll need again to reply with a Y or N. If you attempt to copy a Folder (marked by a <DIR> on the file and folder list) the Browser will still ask: Copy? (Y/N) but it will silently reject any attempt to P(aste) the folder on another location.

Erase also asks a similar question; Erase? (Y/N) will appear after you highlight a file and press E but in the case of a folder it will fail with a Dir Full flashing error displayed in the Status Area if the folder contains any item in it.

Rename, as in the case for the MOVE command we examined previously, does three things: Renames and/or moves a file. You highlight an item and press R, and a New name: prompt appears in the Status Area asking you for a new name (or a new location together with the old or a completely new filename). Rename doesn't work across drives so no drive name is required in case of a move, which means that you can start the new name with a / or \ to indicate the root folder of the current drive. As a matter of fact entering any drive (even the current one) at the beginning of the new name filespec, will fail with a No rename between drives error.

You can Rename/Move a folder to be under another folder, however the latter must already exist otherwise Rename will fail with an Invalid path error.

To make a new folder/directory, the Browser has the M(a)K(e) Dir command, accessible by pressing K on your keyboard. The Status Area will change to display a New name: prompt. The new name must conform to the parameters of a folder filespec as discussed in the MKDIR command section earlier. As is the case with MKDIR, any attempt to create a folder in a drive that doesn't support it will result in a Not implemented error in the Status Area.

The Browser can unmount any drive except drive c: by switching to that drive using D and then pressing U on the keyboard and mount any virtual disk image it knows about (that is: .dsk and .p3d file types) by selecting it and pressing ENTER. It will ask you which drive letter you want to mount it on by displaying a Mount on which drive? (A-P) prompt followed by a [A: is recommended] in the case of +3 disk images. It will then display a Try to boot disk now? (Y/N) prompt. The latter process will try to load special files named * or DISK that exist inside the disk image. If auto booting is not possible a message: Not bootable will appear in the Status Area.

There is no way to remount a single, previously mounted physical drive that you chose to unmount through the Browser. You have, however the option to perform a complete remount operation by pressing M on your keyboard. Once you do that, you'll be prompted to