Simplest (practical) file system?

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Mon Jul 28 12:16:00 2003

>From: "Bob Shannon" <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
>
>ben franchuk wrote:
>
>>
>> Use the whole disk ... block by block ... FIG FORTH worked this way.
>>
>Very tempting, as I'm adding a file system to a threaded interpreter
>(not FORTH).
>
>But a basic block system is just too primative. Named files at a minimum.
>

Hi Bob
 As I've shown in my previous mail, you can use it as
a starting place. I also have some code that I wrote to
maintain files on a DOS disk. It is bassed on the original
block system. Although, I didn't expand it to include
sub-directories, this could be added with a small additional
amount of code. The main thing is to get something working
and keep things open enough that you can expand later.
 I wrote the DOS stuff so that I could more easily transfer
things between my PC and my block system. Start simple and
work towards a later complete system.
Dwight
Received on Mon Jul 28 2003 - 12:16:00 BST