Epson LT-286e Creating Directories, DIR, MKDIR \LEDGER, MD \LEDGER\SALES

Because this pathname does not begin with a backslash, MS-DOS starts in the current directory (PERSONAL), moves to the subdirectory LETTERS, then finds the file APRIL.TXT. If you did begin with the backslash, MS-DOS would not find the file, because it is located in a subdirectory of PERSONAL, not of the root directory.

Creating Directories

The MKDIR command lets you create directories. To create the directory LEDGER within your root directory, for example, type the following and press Enter:

MKDIR \LEDGER

You can abbreviate the name of this command to MD. For example, to create a SALES directory under the LEDGER directory, type the following and press Enter:

MD \LEDGER\SALES

To check that the LEDGER directory is a subdirectory of the root directory, type DIR \ and press Enter.

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