Owner`s manual
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Accounts are called "disk accounts" because each account is specific to a particular
device—usually a disk. For example, you may have the account [63,1] on both DSK0:
and DSK1:. Though these accounts have the same account number, since they are on
different devices they are different accounts, and contain different files.
You can see a list of all the accounts on any device on your computer using the PPN
command. Type PPN and the name of the device you want the list for, and press
RETURN
.
For example, to see all the accounts on DSK0:, type:
PPN DSK0:
RETURN
You can also see a list of all the files in any account, using the DIR (short for
directory
)
command. To see a list of the files in the account you are currently in, type:
DIR/W
RETURN
While you can use DIR to list the files from any account, to access the files in an
account, you must usually log into it, as described later in this chapter.
Now that you have a general idea of what disk accounts are and how to use them, you
can decide how you want to organize your own files into accounts. If you want to create
more accounts on a diskette or your hard disk, see Chapter 5.
You can find more information on the PPN and DIR commands in the
System
Commands Reference Manual
.
LOGGING ON
The LOG command serves two purposes: it identifies you to the computer and lets you
choose what disk account you want to access. When you first log on to the
computer—either after logging off or after booting the system—you must tell the
computer who you are and what account you want to use. You can do this by entering
the disk account you want. For example:
LOG [25,1]
RETURN
If your computer uses user names, LOG now asks for your user name. Type it and
press
RETURN
.
If your computer uses user names, you can also enter your user name in the LOG
command instead of an account number. This logs you into the root account defined
when your user name was set up. For example:
LOG CARRIE SMITH
RETURN
This logs you into Carrie Smith’s root account.
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