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- DIRECTORIES
-
- Because a disk can contain
- hundreds or even thousands of files,
- DOS has a directory system which
- works like folders in a filing
- cabinet, to help you keep track of
- your programs and data.
- You can keep your games in one
- directory, your accounting in
- another, pictures in another and
- sound files in yet another directory.
- You can even nest directories so that
- your 1992 records might be kept
- separate from the 1993 records,
- within your accounting directory.
-
- If you type DIR at the C prompt,
- you will get a list of the files
- only in the "root" directory. There
- may be many more files on the hard
- disk, but they are temporarily
- hidden from you in their own
- directories. When you type DIR to
- get a listing of files, it also lists
- directories. Example:
-
- Directory of D:\
- COMMAND COM 52925 03-10-93 6:00a
- DOS <DIR> 09-19-93 8:12a
- WINDOWS <DIR> 09-19-93 8:31a
- KEYBDV EXE 2886 07-07-86 12:00p
- CONFIG SYS 749 09-19-93 8:22a
- AUTOEXEC BAT 1504 09-19-93 8:23a
- MODEM <DIR> 09-19-93 11:10a
- IMAGES <DIR> 09-19-93 11:12a
- 4 file(s) 58085 bytes
- 130924544 bytes free
-
- To switch from one directory to
- any other, type CD, a space, a
- backslash, then the directory name.
- CD stands for Change Directory. The
- backslash identifies the name as a
- directory name. Examples:
-
- CD \GRAPHICS
- CD \INCOME\1994
-
- The second example shows a nested
- directory, \1994 is a sub-directory
- of \INCOME.
-
- You must type out the full
- pathname. If \1994 is a sub-directory
- of \INCOME, you cannot type:
-
- CD \1994
-
- but must type:
-
- CD \INCOME\1994
-
- To switch back to the root
- directory, type:
-
- CD \
-
- The \ by itself means root directory.
-
- To create a new directory, type:
- MD \ followed by any DOS-Legal name.
- MD stands for Make Directory. A
- directory name may contain up to 8
- letters or numbers. Optionally, it
- can contain a "dot" (period) followed
- by up to three more characters. Most
- punctuation marks will not work, but
- underline and dash are ok. Examples:
-
- MD \CHINA
- MD \PAINT\PICTURES
-
- In order to create a nested
- directory, the base directory must
- exist first. For example, in setting
- up a new accounting system, you might
- want a directory called:
- \ACCOUNT\1995. First you must MD
- \ACCOUNT, then you can make the
- sub-directory: MD \ACCOUNT\1995.
-
- To remove a directory, type RD
- followed by a space, a backslash and
- the directory name. Examples:
-
- RD \CHINA
- RD \PAINT\PICTURES
-
- You cannot remove a directory
- until it is empty: all files must be
- deleted, and if there are
- sub-directories they must be removed
- first.
-
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