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                              pss - utility
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pss
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tHE pss uTILITY IS A sECTOR sTATUS uTILITY.  iT ALLOWS THE USER TO EASILY IDENTIFY WHICH FILE IS ASSIGNED TO ANY SECTOR ON A DISK.  aLL ldos SUPPORTED DISK DEVICES MAY BE OPERATED ON, INCLUDING sINGLE/dOUBLE dENSITY, sINGLE/dOUBLE sIDED, 5" AND 8" FLOPPIES AND FIXED/REMOVABLE DISK SYSTEMS.  tHE SYNTAX OF THE pss COMMAND IS:
 
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          !  pss,:A,B,C                                       !
          !                                                   !
          !           :A = DRIVE NUMBER (0-7, COLON OPTIONAL) !
          !           B  = CYLINDER NUMBER                    !
          !           C  = SECTOR NUMBER                      !
          !                                                   !
          !  ABBR: none                                       !
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     wHEN THE SPECIFIED PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN ENTERED, pss WILL READ THE DESIGNED DIRECTORY.  iF NOT ENOUGH MEMORY IS AVAILABLE, pss WILL ABORT WITH A CORRESPONDING MESSAGE.  tHE TYPE OF DRIVE WILL BE DISPLAYED ALONG WITH THE NAME, DATE, AND NUMBER OF FREE GRANULES.  iF THE SECTOR IS NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY FILES, AN APPROPRIATE MESSAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED, AND AN EXIT MADE BACK TO ldos.  iF IT IS ASSIGNED, THE FILENAME, AND THE RELATIVE SECTOR NUMBER IN THE FILE WILL BE RETURNED.

