MCT260-Operating Systems I Operating Systems I Routine File Management Part Two
MCT260-Operating Systems I 2 Primary Learning Objective Perform Routine File Management in Windows XP and CLI
MCT260-Operating Systems I 3 Specific Learning Objectives Create/remove files and folders in the GUI Restore deleted files/folders from the Recycle Bin Rename files and folders Use the asterisk and question mark wildcards Find files and folders using the Search utility Modify file and folder attributes in a GUI environment
MCT260-Operating Systems I 4 Specific Learning Objectives Remove directories using RD command Delete files using DEL command Rename files using REN command Modify the properties of a file using the ATTRIB command
MCT260-Operating Systems I 5 Remove/Restore Files and Folders In the GUI Delete files/folders and restore them from the Recycle Bin In the CLI Use DEL Use RD
MCT260-Operating Systems I 6 Rename Files and Folders In the GUI –Delete files/folders and restore them from the Recycle Bin In the CLI –Use REN for files and directories –Use MOVE to rename directories
MCT260-Operating Systems I 7 Using Wildcards Asterisk (*) –To replace multiple characters Question Mark (?) –To replace single characters In the GUI wildcards are generally used with the search feature In the CLI wildcards can be used with numerous commands like DIR and DEL
MCT260-Operating Systems I 8 Using the Search Utility Find files and folders using the Search Companion in XP (XP Book pages 74-77) The FIND command in CLI searches for a text string in a file or files.
MCT260-Operating Systems I 9 File Properties & Attributes The four attributes in a FAT file system: –Read-only –Hidden –System (Used in older OS’s but not XP) –Archive Modify the properties of a file using the ATTRIB command in CLI
MCT260-Operating Systems I 10 File Properties FATNTFS
MCT260-Operating Systems I 11 Advanced Attributes & Permissions in NTFS
MCT260-Operating Systems I 12 Summary Creating, removing, and restoring files and folders Renaming files and folders Wildcards Search Utilities File and folder attributes
MCT260-Operating Systems I 13 Review for Midterm
MCT260-Operating Systems I 14 Homework Assignment Reading –Windows XP Textbook – pp –CLI Textbook - pp , Lab Exercise 5: File Management 2 Due Date: Next Tuesday