Re (2): [Oberon] Copying files

[peasthope at shaw.ca]

Duke,

> What do you mean by "the first part"? The Partition designation - like
> SYS: or MY: ?

Yes.  My drive is partitioned into three parts.
The partitions don't have names.  The parts are 
MY, SYS and C.  MY is the working part which takes 
first priority.  SYS is the system part which 
holds the Oberon system.  C is a FAT part.
Your house might have study, bathroom, bedroom 
but most walls are not named.

> By default the first part is unnecessary in a file name.  Any
> other part must be explicit.

In my system, Fileblah always means MY:Fileblah.
"MY:" is redundant.  SYS: and C: are never redundant.
If I want SYS:Fileblah or C:Fileblah the SYS: and C: 
are essential.  Of course, 6 priorities are possible.
MY C SYS
MY SYS C
C MY SYS
C SYS MY 
SYS C MY
SYS MY C 
Users rarely put SYS first.  

Most users take these details for granted.  As I 
recall, multi-part drive useage was introduced after 
Reiser's book.  Might be mentioned in the ETH Web 
pages; perhaps not.  Should be documented really.

Regards,        ... Peter E.


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