A File Systems Tutorial
 
 
 

Welcome to the file systems tutorial/information website. This site quickly goes over the differences between Windows95, WindowsNT, MacOS and Unix systems.  It also shows you how to upload and download files using either ws_ftp or fetch. 

Typographic conventions

Words separated by an arrow stand for a sequence of selections; the sequence is prefixed by the name of the context, in caps (but see below).  For example,  
MENU: File --> Print ...
refers to selecting "File" from the menu bar, and then selecting "Print ...".  

If a menu option brings you to a little window (called a "dialog box"), then the sequence is represented thus: 

MENU: File --> Print ... 
Print: Properties
The prefix to the second line is a literal transcription of whatever appears in the window title of the dialog box; window titles are not in caps unless the window title itself is. 

If there is no official word for an icon, I just use the icon instead of a word.  

If a word has parentheses around it, then it refers to a gloss for an icon that has no official title (that I could discover). 

When a value is assigned to a field in a dialog box, I use the equal sign and put quotes around the added value, like so: 

A Dialog Box: Name = "Jake"
If a value has angle brackets around it, then it stands for a non-literal value that needs to be interpolated. For example: 

    A Dialog Box: Name = "<put your name here>" 

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