MS-DOS Commands

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Signode Power-User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lahore Posts: 369	MS-DOS Commands 12/21/2009 2:21 AM
	Dear Friends; We have some HMI PCs at our old machine which have MS Dos. I have experience in working with Windows but don't know about commands for MS Dos. I want to know how to; 1) Check files in Hard disk. 2) Copy or paste the files. 3) System info 4) And etc…. Can anyone help me out? __________________ Don't assume any thing, always check/ask and clear yourself
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#1 Re: Need info about MS DOS commands 12/21/2009 6:43 AM
	Here's a novel approach: type "dos commands" into any search engine.
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Kilowatt0 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth - I think. Posts: 2143 Good Answers: 165	#4 In reply to #1 Re: Need info about MS DOS commands 12/21/2009 3:15 PM
	If it is MS-Dos 5.0 (I think) or higher, it is even easier: Just type help at the dos prompt. __________________ TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
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peteolsen Commentator Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Coffeyville, KS Posts: 59	#2 Re: Need info about MS DOS commands 12/21/2009 8:03 AM
	Here is a link that will help you with the commands. Sheesh, I miss dos. But then again, windows does have some advantages that dos never did. Any way, here you go. http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm __________________ Regards, Pete Olsen
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Need info about MS DOS commands 12/21/2009 8:39 AM
	Greetings peteolsen, Welcome to CR4. I saw the site you referenced when I was surfing around thinking how easy it is to get this information by simply searching yourself. Looks like a good one. Seems to me the OP could have done what we did and gotten tons of information all by themselves. Maybe they just like the "personal" intercourse of the keyboard. Cheers!
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deskware Participant Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1	#5 Re: MS-DOS Commands 12/22/2009 10:03 AM
	You will want to investigate "chkdsk", "copy", and "net use" commands especially if you have a network interface. Best Regards, Matt Dean dean@deskware.com
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RicinCinci Power-User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: outside Cincinnati Posts: 115 Good Answers: 5	#6 Re: MS-DOS Commands 12/22/2009 7:14 PM
	Dir is the command to see the files on the drive. ( C> dir) (c> dir . will list out the sub directories You can use the tree command to list all the directories on the drive if you are in the root directory. use the /p option to break it into small listings that you can easily read. (C> Tree /p) will return the tree in the one page blocks cd is the command to change from the root directory to the directory listed. ( C> cd subdirectoryname) The command cd\ will return you to the root directory. old dos does not have the paste command but does allow copying ( C> copy filename_with_extension new_file_with_location) actual command C> copy a:walk.exe c:\test\.* you can copy everything in a directory to another using the . for the file name If you need information let me know and I can answer individual questions as I spent several years using dos and still do as it is quicker for me than using some of the windows applications. __________________ Anything can be made, sometimes at great expense, resulting in greater satisfaction, :)
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Signode Power-User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lahore Posts: 369	#7 In reply to #6 Re: MS-DOS Commands 12/23/2009 3:08 AM
	Thanks __________________ Don't assume any thing, always check/ask and clear yourself
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