2.4 Run-time Variables
Fatback provides run-time variables as a way of dynamically configuring the
behavior of its execution during run-time. Variables are set and viewed with
the set command (see The set Command).
Here is a list of the run-time variables in Fatback version
1.3:
verbose
- The variable that determines whether or not to display extra information
to the screen.
sectsize
- The sector size for fatback to use when making calculations. This defaults
to 512, but if an input drive uses a different size and Fatback does not
detect it properly, then set this by hand. This variable can also be set via
the command line using the -z or --sectsize option.
prompt
- The string that Fatback uses to prompt the user. This is set by default to
‘fatback>’. This probably will be of little interest to most end users,
however it is important to note for someone who, for example, plans to write
custom automation scripts using Expect1.
showall
- The variable that determines whether or not to display non-deleted files
when the ls command is executed. This variable can be set to either
‘on’ or ‘off’. If it set to ‘on’ then all files will be
displayed with the ls command. Otherwise, if it is set to ‘off’
then only deleted files will be displayed.
deleted_prefix
- The string that Fatback uses as the first part of the name of deleted
files. The default value is '?'.