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From: ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft  862-6728", 814)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Getting a CATALOG into a file
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Date: 25 Jan 89 16:23:00 GMT
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Well, I haven't tried this out, but you DO have to use

PRINT CHR$(4)"CATALOG"

instead of using just CATALOG, as you do with all DOS 3.3 or ProDOS commands
in programs.

You can also read the directory in as a binary file,

BLOAD dirname,A$addr,TDIR   (of course this assumes you entered it from
                            the keyboard; don't forget the ?CHR$(4)!)

and then try to decode the information from that...

I do remember I figured out how to get the root directory this way,
or I think I did, but can't remember what to use as the file name...