A quick explanation for UV NEWBIES. > So....someone have an idea of how some files contained on the > account have eluded entry into this file? > > If an account save is performed would those files be excluded > from the save?
I know Deb & her responders already know this, but for the sake of any newbies: &UFD& is an F-pointer to the current working directory. On Unix it looks like this: VOC &UFD& 01 File - Used by UniVerse to access the current directory. 02 . 03 D_UFD The single dot in <2> has the usual Unix meaning in pathname contexts: shorthand for the path you see if you do "SH -C'pwd' ". So its just another Type-19 file. Whatever shows up via "ls -l ." is what will show up in &UFD& (allowing for proper adjustment for UV & OS treatment of special characters.) !!! BUT BE CAREFUL !!! : Normally you use Type-19 to store flat files like basic source & object, edi files, etc. But &UFD& has your hashed data files in it. The same idea holds if you're running on Windows, but the commands & special characters are different. The name "&UFD&" is a holdover from Prime Information, UV's spiritual ancestor. In PRIMOS, it stood for User File Directory. Ampersands were also abundant under Primos and we inherited them for &HOLD&, &SAVEDLISTS&, &PH&, &COMO&, &PARTFILES&. Chuck Stevenson ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
