Changing directories

To change directories, type CHDIR (or CD) followed by a backslash and the name of the directory. For example, to change to the LEDGER directory, type the following and press Enter:

CD \LEDGER

The backslash identifies the LEDGER directory as a subdirectory of the root directory. Once you are in a directory, you can access any files it contains without typing the full pathname. To change to a subdirectory of the current directory, you do not need to type the backslash.

For example, to change to the SALES subdirectory while you are in the LEDGER directory, type the following and press Enter:

CD SALES

To return to the root directory from any subdirectory, type the following and press Enter:

C D \

Copying from one directory to another

The COPY command lets you copy files from one directory to another. To use the command, you must specify the path name of the file you want to copy, and specify the directory where you want to copy the file to.

For example, if you are in the WORDPROC directory and want to copy the ROGER file from the PERSONAL subdirectory to the BUSINESS subdirectory, you would type the following and press Enter:

COPY PERSONAL\ROGER BUSINESS

Be sure to type a space between the filename and the new pathname. Do not type a backslash before PERSONAL or BUSINESS because they are both subdirectories of the current directory, WORDPROC. If you do type the backslashes, MS-DOS looks in the root directory for the subdirectories and does not find them.

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