LKDN: Look into the Directory Name Block
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Barbara M. Rollman, Educational Testing Service, Princeton,
New Jersey

LKDN will find the appropriate directory name entry when
given a file name. It will decode and type out the contents
the entry. The output gives the disk location of the directory
entry (in xxx.yyy form, see DISKLOOK DECUS No. 8-111)
and, optionally, the disk block locations for each core
page stored.

Minimum Hardware:
PDP-8 with DF32 Disk

Other Programs Needed:
Disk Operating System
(DEC-08-SDAA)

Source Language:
PAL-D

Storage Requirement:
Program - location 128 and
208-13778, Buffer -Locations
14008 - 17778. If stored on
disk, the program requires
6 blocks; it can be saved
with the command "SAVE
LKDN ! 0-1377; 200"

Catalog: November 1969