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Access Methods
Sequential Access
* A sequential access file copys magnetic tape operation, and generally supports a few operations:
• read next - read a record and advance the tape to the next place.
• write next - write a record and advance the tape to the next place.
• rewind
• skip n records - Might or might not be supported. N may be limited to positive
numbers, or may be limited to +/- 1.
Direct Access
* Jump to any record and read that record. Operations supported include:
• read n - read record number n. ( Note an argument is now needed. )
• write n - write record number n. ( Note an argument is now needed. )
• jump to record n - could be 0 or the endof file.
• Query current record - used to turn back to this record later.
• Sequential access can be easily copied using direct access. The inverse is complicated and inefficient.
Other Access Methods
An indexed access scheme can be easily construct on top of a direct access system. Very large files may need a multi-tiered indexing scheme, i.e. indexes of indexes.
