User's Manual

Your files are stored in directories. You can create
several directories, and even
subdirectories within a
directory. This is especially useful when working with
hard disks, which have a very large storage capacity.
With floppy disks, you will normally have only one
directory on each diskette.
The directory of your diskette contains specific
information about each file, such as its name, size,
location, and the date and time you last updated the
file.
The root directory is the main directory on a disk and is
identified by a backslash ( \).
The directory you are working in is called your current
directory. When you start work, the root directory is
the current directory. If you do not create any other
directories on your diskette, you will always be
working in the root directory. This is often the case
when working on a diskette.
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