MS DOS TUTORIAL

Contents:-

Part 1.

• The Operating System.
• Disks and Drives.
• Working with Files and Directories.

• Using MS-DOS Commands.
• Internal Commands.
• External Commands.
• Adding Parameters.
• Everyday Activities.
• Wild Cards.
• Formatting a Diskette.
• Copying a Diskette.

• Using MS-DOS Commands.
• Comparing Diskettes
• Checking the condition of a Disk.
• Copying a File.
• Displaying the contents of a File.
• Renaming a File.
• Printing a File
• Deleting a File.

• Using MS-DOS Commands
• Using On-Line Help.
• Listing Files in a Directory.
• Making a new Directory.
• Removing a Sub-Directory.
• Changing from one Directory to another.
• Changing from one Drive to another.
• Setting a Command Search Path.
• Naming a Disk or Diskette.

• CONFIG.SYS
• AUTOEXEC.BAT
• Batch Files

• Muliple Configurations of:_
• CONFIG>SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT
• Batch Files

F.A.Q.

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>I found your MS-DOS tutorial at
>http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulbutterwick/tutor/menu.html
>and I wonder if I could place a copy of this on the FreeDOS
>Documentation Project home page at http://www.freedos.org/fd-doc
>
>I'd like to copy it as-is, without the graphics, and with the background
>set to white. I think your tutorial would be very helpful to DOS
>"newbies". You'd be surprised how many people download a copy of FreeDOS
>without knowing all that much about DOS. :)
>
>
>The FreeDOS Project aims to produce an MS_DOS-compatible version of
>DOS. The kernel and most other code is distributed for Free under the
>GNU GPL. Pretty much everything else is public domain. We have source
>code for everything. THe FreeDOS Project is at http://www.freedos.org
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>-jh

Hi James

Thanks for asking. Yes you may copy 'as-is' the text from my DOS Tutorial,
with the proviso that I get a mention as the author :-)

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Thank again for asking, glad to be of help.

Paul Butterwick.