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

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