TOPS-10: Files and directories

In this post we'll look at how TOPS-10 handles files and directories, along with the commands to manipulate them. Files Files are named file.ext where file is 1-6 characters long and ext 0-3. The extension is used to identify the type of file, eg HELLO.FOR would be a Fortran source code file. The * and ? wildcards operate like we are used to now, ? matching one character and * matching any number…