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Syntax: HELP <command>
Syntax: <command> /?
Examples:
HELP DIR - Gives you help about the DIR command
HELP FORMAT - Gives you help about the FORMAT command
FORMAT /? - Displays the syntax and switches for FORMAT
CD\NEWDEAL
NEWHELP
CD\NEWDEAL - to change to the NEWDEAL directory, then
INFO - gives you information about your system, which includes your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, GEOS.INI, DOS version, etc.
PRINFO - prints out the above information, helpful when calling for technical support
TESTDISK - does a check to see if a diskette is good
MAKEBOOT - creates a boot diskette (to free up memory, if needed)
UNINSTAL - WARNING: this will wipe out your NEWDEAL directory. Use this utility at your own risk. It will completely remove the NEWDEAL directory and all files within it, including your documents.
Syntax: CD\<directory1>\<directory2>
Examples:
CD\ - brings you back to your root directory
CD NEWDEAL - brings you from the root directory to the NEWDEAL directory
CD\NEWDEAL\DOCUMENTS - brings you to the NEWDEAL document directory
CD.. - brings you back one level (i.e. from NEWDEAL to the root directory)
Syntax: RD <drive:>\<directory1>\<directory2>
Examples:
RD NEWDEAL - remove the NEWDEAL directory
RD C:\NEWDEAL\DOCUMENTS - remove the NEWDEAL\DOCUMENTS directory
Syntax: DIR <drive>:\<directory1>\<directory2> <switches: /p/s/w>
Examples:
DIR C:\ - displays contents of root directory
DIR C:\*. - displays only subdirectories or file names without extensions within the root directory
DIRC:\NEWDEAL\WORLD - displays contents of the WORLD directory
DIR C:\ /p - displays the contents of root directory, pausing every 25 lines
DIR C:\NEWDEAL /w - displays contents of NEWDEAL directory, in wide mode
DIR C:\NEWDEAL /p/s/w - displays contents of NEWDEAL directory, and all of its subdirectories, pausing every 25 lines, in wide mode
Syntax: COPY <drive> <directory> <switches: /y/v>
Examples:
COPY C:\AUTO.BAT C:\TEMP - makes a copy of the file in the C:\TEMP directory
COPY C:\123.BAT C:\TEMP /Y - copies and automatically overwrites file
COPY C:\123.BAT C:\123 /V - copies and verifies files.Syntax: XCOPY <drive>:\<directory> <switches: /s/v/y>
Examples:
XCOPY C:\GEOS.INI D:\ /V - copies the GEOS.INI file to the root directory of D: verifying that the file is OK.
XCOPY C:\*.ini C:\BACKUP /S - copies all .INI files (including those that are in subdirectories) into the backup directory
XCOPY C:\C*.* C:\BACK /y - copies all files beginning with the letter C in them to the backup directory and if the file already exists in the directory it will automatically copy over it.Syntax: MOVE <drive>:\ <directory> <switches: /y>
Examples:
MOVE C:\GEOS.INI C:\TEMP - moves (copies and deletes) GEOS.INI to C:\TEMP
MOVE GEOS.INI C:\BACK /Y - moves and automatically overwrites file
Syntax: DEL <directory>\<filename>
Examples:
DEL C:\BACKUP\CONFIG.SYS - erases the file CONFIG.SYS in the BACKUP directory
DEL C:\TEMP\*.* - erases all files in the TEMP directory
Note: Not all commands listed above are available with all versions of DOS version. Please refer to your DOS manual for more information.
This is because DOS 3.1 doesn't have correct capacity for 360K disks, so the software can't recognize them. The only solution is to upgrade to a newer version of DOS.