To see the list of subdirectories of another directory, include the pathname:

TREE C:\WORDPROC

Removing Directories

You may sometimes want to remove directories you no longer need. However, before you can delete a directory, it must be empty. If it contains any files or subdirectories, MS-DOS displays an error message and does not delete the directory. (Use the DEL command to delete the files in a directory or the COPY command to move them to another directory.)

To delete an empty directory from a disk, use the RMDIR command, or its shorthand equivalent, RD. For example, to remove the directory ACCOUNTS, which is a subdirectory in the LEDGER directory on drive C, type the following and press

Enter:

RD C:\LEDGER\ACCOUNTS

If you are in the LEDGER d irectory, you can type the following and press Enter:

RD ACCOUNTS

Formatting Diskettes

Before you can store data on a new diskette, you must format it. Formatting prepares the diskette so that MS-DOS can write to it. You need to do this only once, before you use the diskette for the first time.

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