Pelco System 9760 manual Del

Table I. DOS Command Reference (Continued)

Command†	Switch††	Description	Example(s)§¶
		File and Disk Management Commands (Continued)
DEL		Deletes a single file or a	C:\>DEL C:\9700\OLDFILE.MON	Deletes the OLDFILE.MON file
		group of files from the		from the C:\9700 directory.
		specified location.	C:\9700>DEL OLDFILE.MON	Deletes the OLDFILE.MON file
		NOTE: You can restore
				from the C:\9700 directory.
		deleted files using the
		UNDELETE command.	C:\>DEL A:OLDFILE.MON	Deletes the OLDFILE.MON file
		WARNING: Be careful
				from the floppy disk in drive A.
		that you do not delete	A:\>DEL OLDFILE.MON	Deletes the OLDFILE.MON file
		necessary system or
		configuration files.		from the floppy disk in drive A.
			C:\9700>DEL OLDFILE.*	Deletes all files with the
				OLDFILE root name from the
				C:\9700 directory.
	/P	Prompts you for confir-	C:\9700>DEL OLDFILE.* /P	Prompts you for confirmation
		mation before deleting a		before deleting each file with
		file.		the OLDFILE root name from
				the C:\9700 directory.
EDIT		Starts the MS-DOS	C:\9700>EDIT STARTUP.BAT	Allows you to edit the
		editor, which is a text		startup.bat file.
		editor that can be used
		to create and edit ASCII
		text files.
FORMAT		Formats a disk for use	C:\>FORMAT A:	Formats the floppy disk in drive
		with DOS. If data is		A for use with DOS.
		present on the disk, the
		data is erased.
		WARNING: Do not
		format the C: drive.
	/S	Transfers operating sys-	C:\>FORMAT A:\S	Transfers operating system
		tem files to a newly for-		files to a newly formatted
		matted floppy disk that		floppy disk in drive A.
		can be used as the sys-
		tem disk, allowing you
		to boot from the disk.
REN		Changes the name of a	—	—
		single file or a group of
		files. For information
		about DOS filename
		conventions, refer to the
		DOS Filename Conven-
		tions section.

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