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id	type	value		exception
compile	string -> unit	compile unit (	)	Fail
load	string -> unit	Load unit and any units it needs		Fail
loadOne	string -> unit	Load unit only		Fail
printVal	'a -> 'a	Print value on stdOut
printDepth	int ref	Limit printed data depth
printLength	int ref	Limit printed list and vector length
quit	unit -> unit	Quit the interactive SML system
system	string -> unit	Execute operating system command
use	string -> unit	Include file in program
verbose	bool ref	Permit feedbackfrom compile

The entities printDepth, printLength, and verbose are set by an assignment, that is, the assignment:

printLength := 100;

ensures that the response from SML will print the first 100 elements of a list.

7 File, directories and paths

nh

	DBD		gcd.sml		Gp
exercises		notes		HelloWorld.java HelloWorld.class

ex1.tex ex2.tex

Figure 5: Possible file organisation for a user nh

Files on disk are organised in directories. A directory may contain subdirectories which gives a tree structure on the set of files. The private files for a user nh may be structured as shown in Figure 5.

This user has a home directory nh containing subdirectories Gp for the course “Grundlæggende	Pro-
grammering” and DBD for files related to the course “Design af brugergrænseflader og data”.	The

home directory contains furthermore a SML program gcd.sml, while the directory DBD contains a subdirectory exercises which contains two LATEX documents ex1.tex and ex2.tex, etc.

References to a file is made relative to the current directory. Hence, if DBD has been selected as the current directory, then the file ex1.tex in the exercises subdirectory is specified by the path:

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