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Working with Files
  • Topics discussed
    • Types of files
    • Commands that use files
    • Storage arrays that interact with files
    • Naming a file
    • File formats
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Types of Files
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Commands that use Files
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Rules for File Names
  • Long names allowed.  More than 11 characters used by DOS “nnnnnnnn.eee”
  • Names can include spaces, periods, e.g. “Pond Inflow.Pre.005hyd”
  • Only 11 illegal characters, e.g.
    “  \  /  :  *  ?  <  >  |
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Storage arrays that use Files
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Hydrograph File Formats
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The FileI_O Command
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The FileI_O Command