Understanding Networking Basics
The Structure of the File System
Identify Volume | Separate directory, |
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TSERVER_SYS.Test.MedTec : Products \ Domestics \ Sales.rpt
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Figure | NetWare 4 File System Structure and Directory Path |
The position of a file within the file system is its directory path.
To identify a file, you must know the context of the Volume object representing the physical volume that contains the file and the directory path through the file system structure, including the name of the file.