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  1. Document 1111
  2. Command Comparison
  3.  
  4. Initials:
  5.         11/26/91
  6.     DRDOS 6.0
  7.  
  8. Description:
  9.  
  10. Command Comparison
  11. This chapter contains a comparison chart of the DR DOS 6.0 operating
  12. system commands and the PC DOS and MS-DOS command sets.  Note that 
  13. -E indicates an external command and -I indicates an internal command.
  14.  
  15. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  16. Commands|DOS 3.3 PC DOS)|DOS 4.1(MS-DOS)|DR DOS 5.0   |MS-DOS 5|DR DOS 6.0 |
  17. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  18. APPEND-E|       X       |      X        |  X          |    X   |   X       |
  19. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  20. ASSIGN-E|       X       |      X        |  X(Int)     |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  21.     |               |               |   (Enh)     |        |           |
  22. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  23. ATTRIB-E|       X       |      X        |  X(Enh)     |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  24. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  25. BACKUP-E|       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  26. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  27. BREAK-I |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  28. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  29. CACHE   |               |               |   X         |        |  Super    |
  30.     |               |               |             |        | PC-Kwik   |
  31. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  32. CHCP-I  |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  33. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  34. CHDIR/  |               |               |             |        |           |
  35. CD-I    |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  36. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  37. CHKDSK-E|       X       |      X        |   X(Enh)    |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  38. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  39. CLS-I   |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  40. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  41. COMMAND |               |               |             |        |           |
  42. -E      |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  43. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  44. COMP-E  |       X       |      X        |   X(Enh)    |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  45. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  46. COPY-I  |       X       |      X        |   X(Enh)    |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  47. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  48. CTTY-I  |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  49. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  50. CURSOR  |               |               |   X         |        |   X       |
  51. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  52. DATE-I  |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |  
  53. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  54. DEBUG   |       X       |      X        |   SID       |    X   |   SID     |
  55. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  56. DEL-I   |       X       |      X        |   X(Enh)    |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  57.     |               |               |   DELQ      |    X   |   DELQ    |
  58. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  59. DEL     |               |               |             |        |           |
  60. PURGE-E |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  61. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  62. DELQ-I  |               |               |   X         |        |   X       |
  63. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  64. DEL     |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  65. WATCH-E |               |               |             |        |           |
  66. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  67. DIR-I   |       X       |      X        |   X(Enh)    |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  68. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  69. DISK    |       X       |      X        |   X(Enh)    |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  70. COMP-E  |               |               |             |        |           |
  71. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  72. DISK    |               |               |             |        |           |
  73. COPY-E  |       X       |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  74. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  75. DISKMAP |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  76. -E      |               |               |             |        |           |
  77. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  78. DISKOPT |               |               |             |        |           |
  79. -E      |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  80. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  81. DOSBOOK |               |               |             |        |           |
  82. -E      |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  83. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  84. DOSKEY  |               |               |             |    X   |           |
  85. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  86. DOS     |               |               |             |        |           |
  87. SHELL   |               |               |   VIEWMAX   |    X   |   VIEWMAX |
  88. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  89. EDIT    |               |               |             |    X   |           |
  90. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  91. EDLIN-E |       X       |      X        |   EDITOR    |    X   |   EDITOR  |
  92. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  93. EMM386  |               |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  94. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  95. ERAQ-I  |               |               |   X         |        |   X       |
  96. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  97. ERASE-I |       X       |               |   X(& ERAQ) |    X   |   X(& ERAQ|
  98. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  99. EXE2BIN |               |               |             |        |           |
  100. -E      |               |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  101. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  102. EXIT-I  |               |      X        |   X         |    X   |   X       |
  103. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  104. EXPAND  |               |               |             |    X   |           |
  105.     |               |               |             |(req.for|           |
  106.     |               |               |             |MS-DOS 5|           |
  107.     |               |               |             |comp.   |           |
  108.     |               |               |             |files   |           |
  109.     |               |               |             |only)   |           |
  110. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------| 
  111. FAST    |               |               |             |        |           |
  112. OPEN-I/E|       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  113. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  114. FC-E    |               |     X         |             |    X   |   X       |
  115. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  116. FDISK-E |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  117. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  118. FILE    |               |               |             |        |           |
  119. LINK-E  |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  120. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  121. FIND-E  |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  122. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  123. FOR-I   |               |               |             |    X   |           | 
  124. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  125. FORMAT-E|       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  126. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  127. GRAFTABL|               |               |             |        |           |
  128. -E      |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  129. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  130. GRAPHICS|               |               |             |        |           |
  131. -E      |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  132. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  133. HELP-I  |               |               |    X(-h opt)|    X   |   X(-h opt|
  134.     |               |               |             |        |   DOSBOOK |
  135. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  136. HILOAD-I|               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  137. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  138. JOIN-E  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  139. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  140. KEYB-E  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  141. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  142. LABEL-E |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  143. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  144. LOADHIGH|               |               |             |    X   |   HILOAD  |
  145. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  146. LOCK-E  |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  147. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  148. MEM-E   |               |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  149. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  150. MEMMAX-E|               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  151. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  152. MIRROR  |               |               |             |    X   |   DISKMAP |
  153. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  154. MKDIR   |               |               |             |        |           |
  155. /MD-I   |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  156. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  157. MODE-E  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  158. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  159. MORE-I  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  160. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  161. MOVE-E, |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  162. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  163. NLSFUNC |               |               |             |        |           |
  164. -E      |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  165. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  166. PASSWORD|               |               |             |        |           |
  167. -E      |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  168. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  169. PATH-I  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  170. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  171. PRINT-E |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  172. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  173. PROMPT-I|       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  174. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  175. QBASIC  |               |               |             |    X   |           |
  176. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  177. RECOVER |               |               |             |        |           |
  178. -E      |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  179. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  180. RENAME-I|       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  181. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  182. RENDIR-E|               |               |             |        |   X       |
  183. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  184. REPLACE |               |               |             |        |           | 
  185. -E      |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  186. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  187. RESTORE |               |               |             |        |           |
  188. -E      |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  189. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  190. RMDIR   |               |               |             |        |           |
  191. /RD-I   |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  192. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  193. SCRIPT-E|               |               |             |        |   X       |
  194. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  195. SELECT-E|       X       |     X         |             |        |           | 
  196. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  197. SET-I   |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  198. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  199. SETUP-E |               |               |    X        |        |   X(Enh)  |
  200. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  201. SETVER  |               |               |             |    X   |           | 
  202. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  203. SHARE-E |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  204. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  205. SID-E   |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  206. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  207. SORT-E  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  208. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  209. SSTOR-E |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  210. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  211. SUBST-E |       X       |     X         |    X(Int)   |    X   |   X       |
  212. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  213. SUPERPCK|               |               |             |        |   X       |
  214. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  215. SYS-E   |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  216. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  217. TASKMAX |               |               |             |        |           |
  218. -E      |               |               |             |        |   X       |
  219. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  220. TIME-I  |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  221. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  222. TOUCH-E |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  223. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  224. TREE-E  |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  225. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  226. TYPE-I  |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  227. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  228. UNDELETE|               |               |             |    X   |   X       |
  229. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  230. UNFORMAT|               |               |             |    X   |   X       |
  231. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  232. UNINSTAL|               |               |             |    X   |   X       |
  233. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  234. VER-I   |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  235. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  236. VERIFY-I|       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  237. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  238. VIEWMAX |               |               |             |        |           |
  239. -E      |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  240. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  241. VOL-I   |       X       |     X         |    X        |    X   |   X       |
  242. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  243. XCOPY-E |       X       |     X         |    X(Enh)   |    X   |   X(Enh)  |
  244. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  245. XDEL-E  |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  246. --------|---------------|---------------|-------------|--------|-----------|
  247. XDIR-E  |               |               |    X        |        |   X       |
  248.