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Functions Line

The bottom of the screen lists the functions available at this window by function key and abbreviated name. These may vary slightly depending on whether the highlight bar is in the local or host window.

Tagging Files

You can select the files you want to transfer, view, copy, or delete by tagging (marking) them. Files can be tagged individually by using the arrow keys or grouped using the DOS wildcard characters.

Tag or Untag Files Individually

1.To tag a file, press the arrow keys to highlight the file, then

press ￿￿.

2.To remove a tag from a file (untag it), highlight it again, and ￿press ￿￿￿￿￿￿.

If more than one file is tagged when you issue a command, the command is performed on all the tagged files.

Tag or Untag a Group of Files Using DOS Wildcard Characters

Wildcard characters are special characters that can represent any other valid characters in a filename or extension. The ? can be any single character. For example, ?AT.DOC is all files with AT as the middle and last character, and DOC as the extension such as BAT.DOC and CAT.DOC. The * can be any number of characters (e.g., REP*.* is for all files beginning with REP, with any file extension).

Refer to Figure 4-2 Expanded File Menu. You can also use this menu to tag or untag a group of files using DOS wildcard characters. Press ￿￿￿￿to view the expanded File Menu.

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