SAMPLE command and resulting output   | Comments about the output

  DIR C:.				This command lists all of the files
					in the current subdirectory on drive
 Volume in drive C: is CSSDISK		C:. The command DIR C: could also 
 Directory of C:\DONE			be used. The command DIR C:*. would
.	      <DIR>    1-01-88		produce a similar listing, except that
..	      <DIR>    1-01-88		only files without an extension on
TUTOR   EXE    48000  12-13-88    3:40p	their names would be listed.
HELP    EXE     3968  12-30-88    3:01p
ENDF    BAK      128   1-03-89    1:34p
ENDF             128   2-07-89    9:13a
      6 File(s)     296960 bytes free

  DIR ..				This command lists the files in the
					parent directory (C:\PROGRAMS).

  DIR ..\PENDING			This example shows a shortcut method 
					to list the files in the subdirectory
					PENDING, using a relative path name, 
					rather than the one that begins with 
					\. The .. tells DOS to back up one 
					level in the directory tree. 
