VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Managing Folders
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4. BUILD
The Build entry point creates an empty folder. You are prompted to enter a folder name, the total
number of reports that will be placed in the folder, and the total number of sectors that the folder
will consume.
Note. A header consumes one sector, while a directory consumes two sectors per
report. For example, a directory with three reports consumes six sectors.
For example:
: RUN VISTACLN.PUB.NETBASE,BUILD
Enter Name of folder file to create (// to cancel): SUSAN.ARCHIVE
Enter maximum number of reports folder will contain:50
Enter maximum number of disc sectors folder will consume:10000
5. EXPAND
The Expand entry point allows you to increase the number of report directory entries that can be
placed in a folder. It also allows you to increase the total number of sectors a folder can use. A
folder must have room (in sectors) as well as an available directory entry before a report can be
successfully appended.
This option is useful when a folder was not initially created large enough to hold all of the reports
you wish it to contain. For example:
: RUN VISTACLN.PUB.NETBASE,EXPAND
Enter folder file to expand: DEMOTST.ARCHIVE.NETBASE
Enter the number of Reports to add to folder: 10
Enter the number of Sectors to add to folder: 2000
Capacity for 10 reports added to folder DEMOTST.ARCHIVE.NETBASE
Note. For MPE/iX, a huge number of sectors can be assigned to a VISTA folder so
that you will not have to expand it. MPE/iX does not actually reserve this disk space,
so setting a large value will not adversely affect your system performance.