Commodore PC - Multilevel Directories

More About Files and Directories 3
These two system areas, the directories and the File Allocation
Table, enable ms-dos to recognize and organize the files on your
>-v disks. To check these areas on a disk for consistency and errors
' you should use the ms-dos chkdsk command.
For example, to check the disk in drive A, type the chkdsk com- Checking a disk
/—*s mand followed by a:
In response, ms-dos displays a status report and any errors it has
found, such as files that show a nonzero size in the directory but
/"-^ that really have no data in them.
For an example of such a display and for more information on
chkdsk, see the description of the chkdsk command in Chapter
/"■N 3, "ms-dos Commands."
— Multilevel Directories
^^^ When there is more than one user on your computer, or when
l) you are working on several different projects, the number of files
in the directory can become large and unwieldy. You may want to
keep your files separate from a coworker's, or you may want to
(***} organize your programs into convenient categories.
In an office, you can separate and organize files that belong to dif
ferent people or that relate to specific projects by putting them in
fmm>s\ different file cabinets. For example, you might put your account
ing programs in one file cabinet and your letters in another. You
can do the same thing with ms-dos by putting your files into dif-
/—■s ferent directories.
Using directories is one way that you can divide your files into
convenient groups. Any one directory can contain a maximum of
^""^ 255 files and directories. These directories may also contain other
directories (referred to as subdirectories). This organized file
structure is called a multilevel or hierarchical directory system.
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