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- FILE NAMES
-
- ; Every file on your microcomputer's disks has a file name.
- HELP is a program with the file name of HELP.BAS (with the .BAS
- reminding us that it is a program written in the BASIC language.
- HELP also uses a number of text files; these end with .TXT.
-
- ; DOS file names are 1 to 8 characters in length and can
- be followed by '.' (period) with an extension of up to 3 characters.
-
- ; In HELP.BAS there is a file name of HELP with an extension
- "of .BAS. Other valid file names: DOT, FAA.DAT, RUNWAY.9, N-YORK."
-
- ; Note that in DOS the directory does not display the period
- but rather HELP BAS. However to use this file name in DOS
- commands ... you would need to type HELP.BAS.
-
- ; To run a program or execute a batch file ... you never need
- to type the extension to the file name. To execute FORMAT.COM you
- merely type FORMAT. To execute AUTOEXEC.BAT you only type AUTOEXEC.
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