Fanuc C-Executer Operating Manual
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FANUC Series 16/18 C Executor
5.2 File system
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The File system compatible with MS-DOS is included in C Executor library.
(1) File definition
The entire format is as follows. This supports the layered directories.
[drive name:][\][directory name \...]name[.extension]
The parts enclosed by [] can be omitted.
(2) Drive name
This is a English character (one character) indicating the drive in which
files are stored.
The available drive in C Executor library is as follows.
Device Drive name Capacity
---------------+---------------+------------------------------------
S-RAM disk A: Maximum 59 KBytes
(251 KBytes with option)
S-RAM card B: 256 KBytes - 2MBytes
The each drive names are fixed. (S-RAM card is available only on FS16i/18i.)
(3) File name
This contains a Drive name indicated by a character and a name by maximum
8 characters and an extension by maximum 3 characters. The drive name and the
file name are separated with ':', and the name and the extension are separated
with '.'. The Drive name and the extension are options.
The File name is changed to one with capital characters and is discerned.
The following characters can be used for a File name. ( The 2 bytes characters
can not be used.)
Alphabetic characters A .. Z
Numeric characters 0 .. 9
Special characters $ & # % ' ( ) - @ ^ { } ~ ` ! _
(4) Reserved file name
The following names are reserved for system.
CON console device This is used for the input from key
board or the output to display unit.
NUL null device When this is specified, the objective
file is not created.