File Operations

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File Operations

Operations on the file system can be done directly within SIC, using the SIC command.

  SIC> SIC DIRECTORY [NewDir]
  to control the working directory.
  SIC> SIC MKDIR NewDir
  to create a new directory.
  SIC> SICSIC APPEND FileIn FileOut
  Appends file FileIn to FileOut.
  SIC> SICSIC COPY FileIn FileOut
  Copies file FileIn to FileOut.
  SIC> SICSIC DELETE File
  Deletes file named File. Caution: no confirmation is required.
  SIC> SICSIC RENAME FileOld FileNew
  Renames file FileOld to FileNew. Both files should reside on the same disk. To move files across different disks, use SIC COPY and SIC DELETE.
  SIC> SICSIC FIND FileFilter
  search for files with names matching the specified filter, and return the result in a structure named dir%. dir%nfiles is the number of files found, and dir%files[1:dir%nfiles] their names. See the internal help for details.

The file operations through the SIC command should be used preferentially to operations through the SYSTEM command for portability, specially in command procedures.