Transcription of DOS Command Reference - DOEACC
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DOS Command Reference1 Some course material on the Teaching Network may still usethe Command line operating system called DOS (DiskOperating System). This requires the user to type specificcommands at a may also need to use this system, for example, whenchanging your password, and you can enter DOS by choosing'MS-DOS Prompt' from the Public menu on the can be typed in response to the network DOSprompt:G:\>Commands may be typed in upper or lower case. Here, theyare specified in upper case to distinguish them from have a particular format. Some can be usedsimply by typing the Command name only, as in:DIRwhich displays a listing of files in the current commands can take extra information calledparameters to make them more specific, For example, theCOPY Command can have a parameter specifying a file to becopied and a parameter specifying a file to which the copy is tobe made. So the Command would look like this:COPY filea filebIn this case, filea would be the name of a file to copy fromand fileb would be the name of a file to copy can sometimes be omitted in which case a defaultaction will can also be qualified by the use of options.
'MS-DOS Prompt' from the Public menu on the taskbar. Commands can be typed in response to the network DOS prompt: G:\> Commands may be typed in upper or lower case. Here, they are specified in upper case to distinguish them from other input. Commands have a particular format. Some can be used
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