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- DIRECTORY
-
- A special file. Like every file, it has a filename. A directory is special
- because it only has filenames in it. Directories are useful because a disk
- can hold hundreds of files, and directories help to organize them. A directory
- whose name is in another directory is called a subdirectory. The DIR command
- will list the filenames in a directory.
-
- For each file, DOS keeps track of its size in characters, and the date and
- time it was created. DOS also keeps track of some attributes (characteristics,
- properties) of each file, but does not report them very well to the curious
- user. The ATTRIB command can change some attributes. Attributes DOS keeps
- track of include:
- READ-ONLY the file can only be read, no writing is allowed
- HIDDEN the file will not be listed by the DIR command
- SYSTEM-FILE the file is an integral part of DOS
- VOLUME-ID the file is a disk label
- DIRECTORY the file is a subdirectory
- ARCHIVE the file was modified since being backed up