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Before you can save documents in subdirectories, you have to create the subdirectories. Some applications give you a way to create subdirectories from within the application; others expect you to create them with the System Disk. Once you've created you subdirectories, you can save documents in one of those subdirectories by typing a pathname. A pathname is the complete name of the document, starting with the disk name (also called volume name), then the subdirectory name, then the document name. The pathname starts with a slash, and each part of the pathname is separated from the next part with a slash. The pathname /PERSONNEL/SALES/JONES tells the application to save the document on the disk called /PERSONNEL in the subdirectory called /SALES and to name it JONES. If you don't use subdirectories, the pathname is simply the disk name and the document name—for example /PERSONNEL/JONES. As the word suggests, a pathname describes the path or route to a document. (See Figure 4-2.) | |||
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