NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Understanding Networking Basics
The Structure of the File System
Figure 1-4 NetWare 2 and 3 File System Structure and Directory Path
The File Structure for NetWare 4
The file structure in NetWare 4 begins with the Volume object. A Volume
object is one type of leaf object. It refers to a physical volume where files are
stored and allows NetWare Directory Services to locate files.
The root directory of a physical volume is also represented as part of a
Volume object. It is the highest level of the file system structure. The
Volume object provides a link between NetWare Directory Services and
each physical volume’s file system.
Directories and files are not objects in the Directory tree. They are only a
part of the file system. Accessing directories and files within the Directory
tree is done by opening a Volume object or setting up Directory Map objects.
You can make it easier for users to find files by setting up Directory Map
objects that point to a particular location in a volume’s file system structure.
The following figure shows how these structures make up the file system for
a NetWare 4 network.
Server volume
Directory
Subdirectory
File
Identify volume
by server and
volume name.
Separate volume
and directory
with a colon.
Separate directory,
subdirectory, and file
with a backslash.
TSERVER\SYS : Products \ Domestics \ Sales.rpt
File
system
structure
Directory
path
name