TOPS-20 Commands Reference Manual

TDIRECTORY

The TDIRECTORY (Time-ordered DIRECTORY) command is equivalent to the DIRECTORY command with the subcommands CHRONOLOGICAL WRITE, REVERSE, and TIMES (AND DATES OF) WRITE. Use the same format and subcommands with TDIRECTORY as with DIRECTORY. For further information, see the DIRECTORY command description.

When used with magnetic tapes, the TDIRECTORY command is equivalent to DIRECTORY for magnetic tapes.

Examples

  1. Give a TDIRECTORY command, cancel the command with a CTRL/C after the first few (most recent) files are displayed. 
    @TDIRECTORY

                Write

   MISC:<LATTA>
 TBATCH.CMD.1   10-May-79 13:11:57
 B.DIRECTORY.1   9-May-79 12:54:00
 A.DIRECTORY.1   2-May-79 13:14:52
T.CMD.1 ^C
  2. Access another user's directory, and request a time-ordered directory listing of all his files of a certain name. 
    @ACCESS <DEVRIES>
Password:___
@TDIRECTORY <DEVRIES>SYSTEM.*

                Write

   MISC:<DEVRIES>
 SYSTEM.MEM.1    19-May-79 09:03:48
   .TXT.1        19-May-79 09:02:08
   .RNO.1        19-May-79 09:02:00

 Total of 3 files
@END-ACCESS <DEVRIES>