DSAVE

BASIC keyword
Keyword:	DSAVE
Abbreviation:	D Shift+S
Type:	Command
Token code:	BASIC 4.0: 213/$D5 BASIC 3.5 and 7.0: $EF
Handling routine in BASIC ROM:	BASIC 3.5:  ?–? BASIC 7.0: 41356/$A18C
List of all BASIC keywords

Remark: This article describes the BASIC command DSAVE in Commodore BASIC V3.5 or higher.

Type: Command
General Programming-Syntax: DSAVE ["<filename>"] [,D<drive number>] [,<ON U|<device number>] 

DSAVE is a BASIC 3.5/7.0 command that saves a BASIC program file to disk. (Use SAVE to save programs on tape.) The program must have a <filename> of up to 16 characters.

Remarks: Drive defaults to 0. Unit defaults to 8.

Permissible values (always interpreted as integer) for parameters:

• <device number> (device 8, if not specified) is from 3 to 31 for BASIC 3.5/BASIC 4 or from 4 to 30 for BASIC 7.0,
• <drive> is 0 or 1 (drive 0 if not given).

Examples

DSAVE "BANKRECS”

Saves the program “ BANKRECS” to disk.

DSAVE (A$)

Saves the disk program named in the variable A$.

DSAVE “ PROG 3” ,U9

Saves the program “ PROG3” to disk on unit number 9

When a variable or an evaluated expression is used as a filename it must be surrounded by parentheses. It is possible to replace an existing file with @. (It is better to use SCRATCH then DSAVE as there have been problems in the past)

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