HANDLING COMPUTER FILES 1 - BASIC OPERATIONS OF COMPUTER FILES (SS2 NOTES)

 HANDLING COMPUTER FILES 1 

 BASIC OPERATIONS OF COMPUTER FILES

CREATION - DELETION- COPY-UPDATE -WRITE - READ

The common basic operations on a computer files are

1. File Creation

2. File Deletion

3. File Retrieval

4. File Copy

5. File Open

6. File Close

7. File Read

8. File Write

9. File Update

10. File Rename

11. File View

12. File Cut

• 1.       File creation: using an application package to create a file
• 2.       File deletion: an unneeded file can be removed (deleted) from the computer to free up disk space.
• 3.       File retrieval:  the file is brought out from where it is located for further processing
• 4.       File copy: process of making duplicate copies of a file
• 5.       File open: files are loaded (opened) before it can be used. The content are being displayed on the screen
• 6.       File close: when you are done with a file and need to free up main memory space, you close the file.
• 7.       File read: The file read operation is performed just to read the data that are stored in the required file. No addition is done to the file.
• 8.       File Write: The file write operation is used to write the data to the file, again, generally at the current position.
• 9.       File Update: making changes to the content/records of a file
• 10.   File Rename: The file rename operation is used to change the name of the existing file.
• 11. File View : Viewing a created file or granting privilege of viewing.
• 12. File Cut : The cut command removes the selected data from its original position.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

1. Explain any four (4) operations on a computer file