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- IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER ON-LINE HELP
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- Description of IBM PC DOS 3.1 Commands
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- Command Description
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- ANSI Enhanced display and keyboard device driver
- ASSIGN Routes all requests for a disk drive to another drive
- ATTRIB Displays and resets the read-only file attribute
- BACKUP Backs up one or more files from a hard disk to diskettes
- BASICA Invokes the Advanced BASIC interpretter program editor
- BREAK Controls the state of the DOS Ctrl-Break checking feature
- CHDIR Changes the DOS current directory
- CHKDSK Reports on the allocation status of disk drives and memory
- CLS Clears and resets the display screen
- COMMAND Invokes a secondary command processor
- COMP Compares the contents of two sets of files
- COPY Copies files between devices or concatonates/renames files
- CTTY Changes the standard input and output consoles
- DATE Displays and accepts changes to the internal system date
- DEBUG Displays and allows changes to executable files and memory
- DEL Removes selected files from a disk
- DIR Displays selected disk directory entries
- DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two diskettes
- DISKCOPY Copies one diskette to another
- EDLIN Provides a crude line editing capability
- ERASE Removes selected files from a disk
- EXE2BIN Converts .EXE files to .COM compatible format
- FDISK Displays,creates and changes hard disk partitions
- FIND Lists lines from selected files containing specified string
- FORMAT Initializes diskettes and hard disks to accept data
- GRAFTABL Loads an extended character set for the graphics adapter
- GRAPHICS Permits graphics screen prints on an IBM Graphics Printer
- JOIN Connects a drive to a directory on another drive
- KEYBxx Loads alternate keyboard programs for European characters
- LABEL Displays and allows changes to volume labels on disks
- LINK Links object modules into relocatable run modules
- MKDIR Creates a sub-directory on the specified disk
- MODE Controls the mode of printers and serial ports
- MORE Displays data from the standard input device by the page
- PATH Extends the search path for command and batch files
- PRINT Prints a spooled queue of files on the printer
- PROMPT Changes the system prompt
- RECOVER Recovers files from a diskette with a defective sector
- RENAME Changes the name of a file
- RESTORE Restores files backed up on diskettes to a hard disk
- RMDIR Removes an empty sub-directory from a disk
- SELECT Selects the keyboard layout and date and time formats
- SET Inserts replacement character strings into the environment
- SHARE Loads resident support for file sharing
- SORT Writes sorted data from the input device to output device
- SUBST Substitutes a drive specified for another drive or path
- SYS Transfers the system files to a diskette
- TIME Changes the system time
- TREE Displays all directory paths found on the specified drive
- TYPE Displays the contents of a file on the screen
- VER Displays the version of the current operating system
- VERIFY Verifies that data is correctly written to a diskette
- VOL Displays the volume identification of the specified drive