The World of Computer Software/World_Of_Computer_Software-02-385-Vol-1of3.iso/d/dfa.zip/LESSON1.BAT

DOS Batch File | 1992-12-25 | 4KB | 95 lines

@ECHO OFF
ECHO WELCOME TO LESSON ONE. HERE YOU WILL LEARN THE BASICS OF GETTING A
ECHO PROGRAM STARTED. TO QUIT AT ANY TIME PRESS "CTRL C". GOOD LUCK.
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO IN THIS LESSON, YOU WILL LEARN HOW DOS ABBREVIATES COMMANDS.
ECHO "CD\" IS A SHORTENED COMMAND FOR "CALL DIRECTORY". AFTER THE SLASH
ECHO YOU WOULD TYPE THE NAME OF A DIRECTORY. YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW DO WE KNOW
ECHO WHAT DIRECTORIES ARE ON ARE COMPUTER?" ANOTHER QUESTION MIGHT BE, "WHAT
ECHO IS A DIRECTORY?" ANOTHER QUESTION MIGHT BE, "HOW DO I GET OUT OF
ECHO A DIRECTORY ONCE I'M IN IT?"
ECHO I WILL ANSWER QUESTION NUMBER TWO BEFORE QUESTION NUMBER
ECHO ONE. A DIRECTORY IS LIKE A FILE HOLDER. IN A FILE HOLDER YOU WOULD
ECHO KEEP PAPERS ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS. EACH FILE HOLDER WOULD HAVE A LABEL
ECHO TO TELL YOU WHAT IS IN IT. DOS OPPERATES IN A VERY SIMILAR MANNER.
ECHO IT KEEPS PROGRAMS IN DIRECTORIES. EACH DIRECTORY HOLDS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC
ECHO PROGRAMS.
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ECHO THE ANSWER TO QUESTION NUMBER ONE IS NOW NEEDED. THE WAY WE FIND OUT WHAT
ECHO DIRECTORIES ARE ON OUR COMPUTER IS BY TYPING "DIR" OR "DIR/W"
ECHO NOW YOU MIGHT ASK ME WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONE WITH THE "/W"
ECHO AND THE ONE WITHOUT IT.
ECHO THE ANSWER IS THAT WHEN YOU TYPE "DIR" THE COMPUTER WILL LIST ALL FILES
ECHO IN A DOWNWARD COLUMN. THE FILES WILL APPEAR AND SO WILL THE DIRECTORIES.
ECHO THE WAY TO TELL A DIRECTORY FROM A FILE IS THAT NEXT TO IT IT WILL BE
ECHO SOMETHING THAT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS "<DIR>".
ECHO "DIR/W" WILL SHOW THE FILES IN A SERIES OF COLUMNS GOING ACROSS THE SCREEN.
ECHO THE DIRECTORIES WILL APPEAR TO LOOK LIKE THIS "[DBD]"
ECHO TO GET OUT OF A DIRECTORY YOU MUST TYPE "CD\". THIS COMMAND WILL RETURN
ECHO YOU TO THE MAIN DIRECTORY.
ECHO HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES.
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ECHO WHEN YOU TYPE DIR/W YOU WILL SEE:
ECHO C:\>DIR/W
ECHO   [DBG]     DFD.BAT       [DCS]          LESSON1.BAT
ECHO   [DOS]     WP51.BAT      LESSON2.BAT

ECHO WHEN YOU TYPE DIR YOU WILL SEE:
ECHO  C:\>DIR
ECHO  WP51.BAT         12/25/91
ECHO  DOS              12/28/91
ECHO  DFD.BAT          12/29/91
ECHO  LESSON1.BAT      12/21/91
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ECHO NOW THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TO GET INTO A DIRECTORY, YOU MUST LEARN
ECHO HOW TO START A PROGRAM.
ECHO FIRST YOU WILL TYPE "DIR" OR "DIR/W". THAN YOU WILL LOOK THROUGH THE FILES
ECHO ON THE DISK UNTIL YOU SPOT A ".BAT" OR A ".EXE" AT THE END OF A FILE NAME.
ECHO THE ABBREVIATION "BAT" STANDS FOR BATCH FILE. A BATCH FILE IS A FILE
ECHO CONTAINING ONE OR MORE SIMPLE COMMANDS. THIS PROGRAM FOR INSTANCE IS
ECHO COMPOSED OF A LOT OF COMMAND LINES. "EXE" STANDS FOR EXECUTE. THIS IS ONE
ECHO OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT PROGRAM WILL START.
PAUSE
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ECHO NOW TO TEST WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.
ECHO I WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION AND YOU SHOULD THINK IN YOUR HEAD WHAT THE
ECHO ANSWER IS. THAN HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE.
ECHO IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU KNOW THE MATERIAL AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS
ECHO THIS TEST, HIT "CTRL C" AND TAKE A BREAK BEFORE STARTING THE NEXT LESSON.
ECHO GOOD LUCK.
PAUSE
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ECHO 1) HOW DO I LIST THE FILES AND DIRECTORIES ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN?
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ECHO ANSWER: I TYPE IN "DIR/W" OR "DIR" AND HIT THE ENTER KEY.
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ECHO 2) WHAT MUST I TYPE TO GET INTO A DIRECTORY?
PAUSE
ECHO ANSWER: "CD\(NAME OF DIRECTORY).
PAUSE
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ECHO 3) WHAT TYPE OF COMMAND WILL START YOUR PROGRAM?
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ECHO ANSWER: ANY FILE WITH A ".BAT" OR A ".EXE" AFTER IT.
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ECHO 4) HOW DO I GET OUT OF A DIRECTORY?
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ECHO ANSWER: I TYPE "CD\"
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ECHO IF YOU GOT ALL FOR QUESTIONS RIGHT, CONGRADULATIONS.
ECHO TO STOP AND REST BEFORE GOING ON TO THE NEXT LESSON
ECHO HIT "CTRL C". I SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK NOW.
ECHO TO RESUME THIS PROGRAM LATER, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, AND TYPE
ECHO "A:\DFD".
ECHO IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU MUST CONTINUE
PAUSE
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LESSON2