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PARADOS MENU SYSTEM
The menus in PARADOS are split into three parts:
1. MAIN menu - operations are performed on the current file.
2. SHIFT menu - operations to be performed on the disk as a whole
3. CONTROL menu - operations to be performed on 'tagged' files.
The MAIN menu is displayed on entry to PARADOS. Hold down either SHIFT or CONTROL to
display the other two menus. You must hold down either SHIFT or CONTROL whilst pressing
the option letter on these menus, for example, hold down SHIFT whilst pressing L to Log a
disk.
MAIN - Attributes, Copy, Erase, Filespec, Move, Rename, Tag, Un-tag
Attributes Set the attributes of the current file. A file can be either DIRECTORY or
SYSTEM: DIRECTORY files are standard, but SYSTEM files do not show up
when CAT is used.
A file can be either READ/WRITE or READ ONLY: READ/WRITE files are
normal and can be deleted, renamed from BASIC. READ ONLY files are
marked with a * when CAT is used. Such files cannot be deleted from BASIC.
Incidentally, the word SYSTEM when referring to the Attributes has nothing
to do with the disk format SYSTEM.
Copy
Copies the current file to another disk. This activates a powerful file
copier, which will use as much memory as your CPC has available as a copy
buffer. If the destination disk is found to have a file under the same name
as the source disk, PARADOS will ask you whether you wish to overwrite this
file. PARADOS will not create BAK files.
Files of any length or type can be copied without problems. PARADOS will
prompt you to insert the source disk and destination disk as required.
Erase
Erase the current file. If the file is READ ONLY, PARADOS will ask for extra
confirmation before erasing the file.
Filespec
When a disk is logged, all the files in user 0 are displayed. The Filespec
command can be used to look in other user groups and to show only certain
files. For example, you could specify *.BIN to show all files with the
extension BIN or S*.* to show all files that begin with the letter S. Use the
left and right cursor keys when in this option to select between User and
Filespec.
When you Erase a file, the file is placed in a normally un-used user group -
user 229. Using Filespec, you can look in user 229, press CONTROL T to tag
the deleted files, and then press CONTROL M 0 to Move the files back to
user group 0 - effectively un-erasing the files.