The user can store data from memory to disk with the routine CDSTOR , the data in memory being simple Zebra banks or Zebra data structures. The pathname of the directory as well as the key vector have to be supplied when storing the data (the system keys 1-5 do not however need to be filled in). In order to retain complete flexibility, the directory structure must already have been created before an object is stored.
The contents of an ASCII file can converted into a packed, machine independant format and stored in a ZEBRA bank suitable for storing in the data base through the routine CDTEXT. This bank can then be stored in the database using CDSTOR as above.