Atari 800 User Manual

Alari 810 Disk Drive 227
D. Delete File
The Delete File operation allows the user to delete unneeded
files from the diskette and the disk directory.
When the Delete File operation is chosen, the following prompt
will appear on the video display.
DELETE FILESPEC
The file specification should be entered. Filename match
characters may be used in the file specification.
Once the file specification has been entered, a second prompt
will be displayed.
TYPE "Y" TO DELETE ...
FILENAME
FILENAME
will be replaced with the filename of the file to be
deleted. If the user enters Y followed by Return, the file will be
deleted . If N or any other letter is entered followed by Return,
the file
will not be deleted.
If the file specification entered in response to the DELETE
FILESPEC prompt matches more than one filename on the
diskette, each matching filename will be displayed. The user
must
enter Y following each filename for the deletion to occur,
If the No verification option (I N) is specified in response to the
DELETE FILESPEC prompt, the second prompt will not appear,
The files specified will automatically be deleted.
A file which has been locked cannot be deleted using the Delete
File operation. Any attempt to do so will result in error 167,
Examples
of the use of the Delete File operation are given in
Illustration 7-11 .

Atari 800 Specifications

General

Processor	MOS Technology 6502
Processor Speed	1.79 MHz
ROM	10 KB
Graphics	ANTIC and GTIA chips
Release Year	1979
Display Resolution	up to 320 x 192
Colors	128 colors
Sound	4 channels
Storage	Cartridge, cassette, floppy disk
Ports	Cartridge, serial, monitor
Operating System	Atari OS