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147947 2003-05-27 09:31:00 can anyone tell me where I can get a list of command prompts, thanx TK redmax (3698)
147948 2003-05-27 09:59:00 Use Google and search for - DOS command prompts - Russell D (18)
147949 2003-05-27 10:01:00 Do you mean commands for the command prompt?

Me handing you a list wouldnt teach you it, rather its probably best if you look up an online tutorial.

For MS-DOS, here's a few basic ones:

cd XXXX Change Folder to XXXX
cd.. Go up one level
copy XX.XXX c:\dirname copy's file XX.XXX to c:\dirname\
del XX.YYY deletes file XX.YYY
move
edit
xcopy

and there's a myriad of others, hope that gets you started :-)

mostly they're simply apps on the boot disk if you're referring to Format.com :-)

Cheers


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
147950 2003-05-27 10:45:00 To be honest, I wouldnt bother 'learning' DOS, you need it so infrequently these days, that you are better off simply finding a text file listing the commands and look them up if and when you need to...

Chilling lists the basic ones, however cd<anything> is actually all the same command.

cd XXX will change to directory XXX, but XXX must be a sub directory within the current directory.

cd\XXX also changes the directory, however XXX must be the full path name excluding the C:\

. and .. are special identifiers in DOS, . refers to the current directory, and .. refers to the root directory one level up.

A lot of commands will accept the /? switch and give you a list of options.

Iain
Iain Walmsley (3372)
147951 2003-05-27 11:38:00 windows help. metla (154)
147952 2003-05-27 11:44:00 to get to the command prompt help files which also gives you the commands.
right click the desktop / new/put this in the box
%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
name it and you have a shortcut to the help file

johnboy
johnboy (217)
147953 2003-05-27 11:46:00 to get to the command prompt help files which also gives you the commands.
right click the desktop / new/shortcut/put this in the box
%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
name it and you have a shortcut to the help file

johnboy
johnboy (217)
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