Q Changing directories

Ll Copying from one directory to another

c3 Deleting a directory.

You may also want to read about Shell, an MS-DOS program that makes it easier to perform these functions, as well as others. You can use Shell to generate a visual diagram of your subdirectory structure, to move quickly between directories, to add and remove directories, and so on. Shell is described in the MS-DOS Shell User’s Guide.

Listing the Contents of a Directory

To list the files in the current directory, type DIR and press Enter. MS-DOS lists the names of the files in the current directory on the current drive. If you are logged onto drive C but want to see a directory of the files on the diskette in drive A, type DIR A: and press Enter.

A directory listing looks like this:

Volume in drive C is DOS400

Volume Serial Number is 3728-0CF6

Directory of C:\

COMMAND

COM

37557

12-19-88

12:00a

CONFIG

SYS

146

01-06-89 5:58p

AUTOEXEC

BAT

166

03-29-89 4:26p

DOS

 

<DIR>

01-06-89 5:59p

HDDPSAVE

EXE

1693

03-15-89

10:01a

LT

 

<DIR>

02-31-89 1:43p

BENCH

 

<DIR>

03-29-89 2:24p

WORD

 

<DIR>

10-31-88

11:06a

MEMOS

 

<DIR>

04-18-89 1:34p

9 File(s) 17717247 bytes free

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