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As another example, with ADFS (Advanced Disk Filing System) on the Acorn/BBC computer family, the root directory was specified with `$`, and the directory separator was `.`.

    $dir1.dir2.dir3.filename


A full path on RISC OS included the filesystem:

  ADFS::IDEDisc4.$.Games.!Repton.Arctic
ADFS is the filesystem, IDEDisc4 is the disc name, $ is the root directory, Games is a subdirectory, !Repton is an application directory (since it begins with !) and Arctic is a file within the application directory, not normally referenced by users.

  Resources:$.Apps.!Edit
is the application !Edit from the built-in ROM.




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